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UAS-DronesBoeing reaches $25 million reinvestments in Canadian economy
Ottawa, Canada - Under an agreement with Ottawa's government
Boeing and its wholly owned subsidiary Insitu announced the first $25 million in contracts to Canadian companies as part of a government order for small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) services. The... more
UAS-DronesUganda might buy UAV from Israel
Kampala, Uganda - For control and intelligence gathering along its borders
Uganda might purchase a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at remote control) from Israeli manufacturer Innocon. The aircraft should supply the African country capability for control and intelligence gathering... more
IndustryRaytheon will continue to produce radar receivers for the US Navy
Goleta, USA - Under a $84 million contract
Raytheon yesterday announced it was awarded a $84 million contract to continue production of its ALR-67(V)3 digital radar warning receiver for the U.S. Navy as well as several international customers.... more
AerospaceESA: GOCE's "Drag free" achievement
Rome, Italy - The satellite reaches a never-before technological record
ESA's (European Space Agency) gravity mission GOCE has achieved a first in the history of satellite technology. The sophisticated electric propulsion system has shown that it is able to keep the satellite... more
HelicoptersHelicopters: Bristow Group acquires shares in Brazilian Lider
Houston, USA - To expand its market in South America
Bristow Group acquired 42.5% of Brazilian company Lider Aviacao Holding for an overall value of $174 million, of which $119 million cash and $55 million in exchange of five helicopters, one large and four... more
AirportsNew scheduled flights to Düsseldorf and Berlin at Verona's airport
Verona, Italy - Today the maiden flight served by carrier Germania
"Germania links Verona with Düsseldorf and Berlin, starting from today, on May 28, 2009. The German airline, based in Cologne-Bonn airport and operating office at the Berlin-Tegel's air station, will... more
Fair and shows100 years of the "ILA": commemorative coin and postage stamp to mark anniversary
Berlin, Germany - The air show will take place from June 8-13, 2010
"To mark the 100th anniversary of the 'ILA Berlin Air Show' the German government will be issuing a 10 Euro silver commemorative coin and a special postage stamp on 4 June 2009. The commemorative coin... more
AirlinesRyanair remembers to the passengers the cancellation of flights in Paris-Beauvais
Milan, Italy - Between June 3 and 10
Ryanair, the European airline, remembers today to the passengers that could not made the flights from and to Paris-Beauvais between June 3 and 10 (included), because the airport will be closed for a week... more
AirportsChina will have a new hub by 2015
Chengdu, China - Chengdu-Shuangliu will be the fourth largest airport
China will have a fourth hub by 2015. An airport - in Chengdu - which ought to handle about 40 million passengers per year and one million tons of cargo, opening 20 new routes from this city in the centre-western... more
AirlinesLufthansa might takeover LOT Polish Airlines
Warsaw, Poland - But Warsaw's government slows voices down
Yesterday several newspaper and press agencies reported the news that LOT Polish Airlines was in talks with Lufthansa for a possible takeover by the big German carrier that would bring LOT within the wide... more
Military aviationThe first Indian AWACS enters into service
New Delhi, India - A tripartite project with Russia and Israel
The first Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) today entered into service after a commissioning ceremony in presence of IAF chief, Marshal Fali Homi Major. The aircraft... more
Civil aviationBoeing 787's first flight in June?
Washington, USA - First deliveries should take place in the first quarter of 2010
After several delays that characterized its production it seems that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is about to reach the time of its first flight, that should take place in June. The announce was given yesterday... more
IndustryRolls-Royce awarded USD 80 million contract
Rome, Italy - For engines to power LM C-130J aircraft
"Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a contract worth USD 80 million by the U.S. Air Force to provide AE2100D3 spare engines and parts to power Lockheed Martin C-130J military... more
ReportTwo Italian Air Force Eurofighters intercepted non-authorized aircraft
Trento, Italy - A Montenegrin Cessna 551 flying over the Italian air space
Two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons of the 4th Wing of Grosseto yesterday morning intercepted a non-authorized military aircraft, a Montenegrin Cessna 551, that was flying over the Italian air space... more
AccidentsThree victims in cargo aircraft accident in Congo
Isiro, Congo - The Antonov AN-26 was not airworthy
A Services Air Antonov AN-26 cargo aircraft with four crewmembers on board crashed on Tuesday while approaching Isiro Matari airport, Democratic Republic of Congo. Three of the occupants died in the impact... more
AccidentsUS Army helicopter crash kills two
Honolulu, USA - Probably an error while landing
A Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior US army helicopter crashed yesterday at Wheeler Airfield, Hawaii. Both the soldiers on board were killed in the accident. It seems from the first reconstructions that the crash... more
Fair and shows"Roma international air show" will commence on May 31
Rome, Italy - In the exhibition, military and civil aircraft
"Roma international air show" has been presented in Rome. This is the exhibition attended by many kind of aircraft, which will fly over the coast near Rome starting from 1 p.m. on May 31. The event has... more
AirportsLufthansa Italia hires about 200 employees
Milan, Italy - Mainly in the area of Milan
Lufthansa Italia announced that about 200 new employees will be hired, in order to guarantee the operational efficiency of the carrier and in order to "Italianize" the company and its staff. Personnel... more
ReportLos Roques: Venezuelan authorities reassured the Italians about the investigation
Caracas, Venezuela - Responsibilities will be verified and punished also without finding the relic
Venezuelan authorities reassured the relatives of the 8 Italians that are still missing since the presumed accident of January 4, 2008, in Los Roques (see AVIONEWS), stating that investigation are at a... more
AirlinesBritish Airways to delay the replacement of its B-737s
London, UK - To reduce its expenses and face the crisis
British Airways might delay the replacement of its 19 Boeing 737/400s of almost three years, to reduce expenses and try to face difficulties caused by the economical crisis, carrier's CEO Willie Walsh... more
CargoFirst flight for Indian Deccan Express Logistics
Delhi, India - A new airline operating cargo services
The new Indian cargo carrier Deccan Express Logistics performed today its first flight, from Delhi to Hong Kong, with an Airbus A-310F aircraft. In the next weeks the airline will add new routes to its... more
AirlinesBahrain Air expands its fleet
Manama, Bahrain - It will get to nine aircraft within the next five months
Bahrain Air will expand its fleet reaching nine aircraft within the next five months. The carrier recently received its fifth Airbus A-320 and will put the sixth into service on May 29. The seventh and... more
Airlines16th airplane by easyJet in Malpensa
Milan, Italy - The Winter season will have more frequencies
"easyJet, the European low-cost airline, confirms its interest in the Varese's airport and announces that Winter season will have an increase of the flights served from Malpensa and on domestic route Palermo/Rome-Fiumicino. In... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica completes the deliveries of the C-27Js to the Italian Air Force with the 12th aircraft delivered
Rome, Italy - Began in January 2007
"Today, at its Caselle South facility, Alenia Aeronautica completed deliveries to the Italian Air Force (AMI) with the delivery of the twelfth C-27J. The aircraft was delivered to the 46th Air Wing based... more
Civil aviationIATA: demand decline slows
Geneva, Switzerland - But no recovery in sight
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released international traffic data for April showing a 3.1% decline in passenger demand and a 21.7% fall in cargo demand compared to April 2008. The... more
DefenseJapan will start to export weaponry
Tokyo, Japan - It will relax the auto-imposed limits
Japan will relax its auto-imposed limits on the exports of weaponry. For decades the country only operated inbound transfers for war technology, preferring to carry on without exporting its own. But now,... more
Weather forecastsBad weather in Italy: quick worsening on the Adriatic side
Rome, Italy - Issued a notice for adverse weather conditions on the Central-South
"The perturbation of North-European origin, already on the Northern regions, will continue to interest the North of the Peninsula for next 24 hours and then on Central regions of the Adriatic side until... more
IndustryEmbraer delivers 100th Super Tucano aircraft
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Brazilian Air Force receives this advanced training and light attack airplane
"Embraer delivered the 100th Super Tucano aircraft, yesterday, at the Company’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira – FAB) est... more
HelicoptersIndia launches a tender for the purchase of new military helicopters
New Delhi, India - From American, European or Russian suppliers
India Air Force (IAF) announced the launch of a tender for the purchase of 37 new military helicopters (22 attack and 15 heavy-lift ones) from American, European or Russian manufacturers. The will replace... more
AirportsNantes-Atlantique airport awarded as "Vital infrastructure"
Nantes, France - For the quality of services and for the overall organization
Nantes-Atlantique airport has been awarded of the trophy which recognizes the importance of the vital infrastructures of France, which include hospitals and nuclear sites. The prize has been delivered... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic doubles profits for 2008/2009
London, UK - Despite the worst economical period in the carrier's history
Virgin Atlantic announced yesterday that pretax profits increased to GBP 68.4 million (€ 75 million) during the last financial year, up from GBP 34.8 million (€ 40 million) the year before. The str... more
AccidentsEmergency landing in France for shattered cockpit window
Limoges, France - A sudden depressurization provoked panic on a Brit Air Canadair
Panic yesterday on board of a Brit Air Bombardier CRJ-100, en route from Barcelona to Paris with 15 passengers, when the right cockpit window literally exploded, shattering in flight. The event provoked... more
AerospaceExpedition 20 to the ISS succesfully launched
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - On board of Russian spaceship Soyuz TMA-15
Succesfully completed at 10:35 GMT, from Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, the launch of the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft that will carry three Expedition 20 members to the ISS (International Space Station):... more
AirportsSergio Dressi new president of Trieste airport (Italy)
Gorizia, Italy - Appointed this morning by the general meeting of members
The general meeting of members of Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia (managing body of Italian Trieste-Ronchi dei Legionari airport) this morning appointed Sergio Dressi as its new president. It takes the... more
AccidentsIndian Air Force MiG-21 crashed
New Delhi, India - The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft
An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed today in a region of Eastern India, Russian news agency "RIA Novosti" reported quoting commander Tarun Kumar Singha, IAF spokesman. The pilot safely... more
AirportsWinter traffic continues to increase at Grenoble-Isère airport
Grenoble, France - Passengers grew by 6% from December to April
With 440,356 passengers from December 2008 to April 2009, the Grenoble-Isère international airport, managed since 2004 by Vinci Airports and Keolis on behalf of the Isère Departmental Council, has broken a... more
IndustryIndia chooses Airbus A-330 MRTT as its new tanker
New Delhi, India - Russian Il-78s ruled out due to poor post-sale services
The Indian Air Force (IAF) ruled Russian Ilyushin Il-78s out of a $1 billion tender due to non-satisfying post-sale maintenance services, "Hindustan Times" newspaper reported quoting IAF marshal Fali Homi... more
Military aviationThree Boeing KC-767J tankers to Japan
Tokyo, Japan - Two scheduled for delivery to Italy by the end of the year
Boeing announced yesterday that three KC-767J aerial refuelling tankers recently achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and have been placed in an active air wing in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force... more
AirportsVienna, drop in transits and turnover in the first quarter of 2009
Vienna, Austria - Ebit and Ebitda also fell
In the first quarter of 2009, Vienna airport recorded a drop in turnover and in transits: the first decreased by 5.7% to 121.4 million euros; the second by 14.8% to 3,660,091 passengers. Also Ebit and... more
AirportsItalian SAVE acquired 27.65% of Brussels-Charleroi airport
Brussels, Belgium - Agreement signed for € 11.06 million
The Italian group "Save-Aeroporto di Venezia" announced that it acquired 27,65% of BSCA, the company that manages Brussels-Charleroi airport of Belgium, for an overall value of € 11.06 million. The g... more
DefenseNew North Korean missile launch
Pyongyang, North Korea - 1953 armistice revoked
Pyongyang goes on with its open provocations to the rest of the world launching another short range missile and explicitly threatening South Korea, should it take part in a naval operation led by the United... more
Press releaseExtraordinary night opening of Rome-Ciampino airport on May 27, 28 and 29
Rome, Italy - To perform flights on the occasion of the Champions League final
ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) announced that on the occasion of the Champions League final that will take place tomorrow, May 27, in Rome, Ciampino airport will be exceptionally opened also at... more
AirportsItaly, Pisa: +5.3% passenger air traffic in April 2009
Pisa, Italy - These data compare with the average of Italian airports
SAT - "Galileo Galilei" Pisa airport operator - informs that in April 2009, 341,793 passengers travelled through the airport with a growth of 5.3% in comparison with the same period in 2008. These data... more
ReportDetention confirmed for the Somali pirates arrested by the Italian navy
Rome, Italy - They will be transferred to Italy. "Others are forcing us", they said
The nine Somali pirates arrested by the Italian frigate "Maestrale" in the gulf of Aden have been heard by examining judge Riccardo Amoroso. At the end of the videoconference he asked the detention to... more
AirportsMilan airport operator sold 19% of Bergamo Sacbo SpA
Milan, Italy - The managing society held a 49.98% share
SEA SpA (Milan airport managing society), implementing the contract signed on last February, sold 19% of its share in Sacbo SpA, Bergamo-Orio al Serio operator, to Credito bergamasco, UBI Banca, Bergamo... more
PeopleCharles Bolden new NASA administrator
Washington, USA - He flew four times with the space shuttle
Charles Bolden, former astronaut four time in space with space shuttle missions, will be the new NASA administrator. President Obama appointed him. 62-year-old Bolden is a former major general of the Marine... more
AirportsFootball material seized in Rome-Ciampino airport
Rome, Italy - To be sold outside the Stadio Olimpico before the final
Italian financial police seized tenths of thousands of false labels with football teams brands and logos at Rome-Ciampino airport. There was material about several European football teams, in particular... more
Military aviationUSAF might extend F-15 fighters' lifetime
Washington, USA - To face the transition to F-22 and F-35s
The US Air Force (USAF) is performing a series of tests on F-15C/D/E fighter aircraft to establish if it would be possible to extend their lifetime with a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). To date... more
AerospaceTowards X-51A WaveRider's first Mach 6.0 flight
Washington, USA - By the end of the year
All technical operations in preparation of Boeing X-51A WaveRider's first flight have been completed. The new experimental aircraft should perform its first test flight at a speed of about Mach 6.0 (7300... more
Airlinesoneworld: Russia's S7 Airlines to join into the alliance
Milan, Italy - An exact date will be confirmed for it to join during 2010
"Russia's domestic carrier, S7 Airlines, is to join oneworld, the world's leading quality airline alliance. After being unanimously elected on board by the grouping's existing ten member airlines, which... more