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ReportLos Roques air accident, Venezuela is not cooperating with Italian authorities
Rome, Italy - The judges declared it yesterday to the Superior Magistrature Council
The judges investigating on the case of the Transaven Let-410 aircraft that disappeared on the 4th of January 2008 in Los Roques, Venezuela, have been heard yesterday by the Italian Superior Magistrature... more
Weather forecastsBad weather: strong winds and storms on Sardinia from this evening
Rome, Italy - The Italian Civil Defense Department issued a notice
"A perturbation wave coming from Western Mediterranean is reaching Sardinia where, from this evening, on Wednesday April 8, there will be marked instability conditions with thundery phenomena. The Italian... more
AirportsAthens airport focuses on environment protection
Athens, Greece - More recycle and gradual conversion of "green" vehicles
Athens International Airport implements a comprehensive waste management system, that led in 2008 to a further significant annual increase in recycling, reaching 43.4% of airport non-hazardous waste (6,567... more
AirportsACI Europe, European passenger traffic down
Brussels, Belgium - -13.6% in February 2009
The latest traffic report from ACI Europe – the voice of Europe’s airports - reveals a decrease of -13.6% in the overall passenger traffic at European airports in February 2009 compared with February 200... more
DefenseNATO air exercises in the Baltic Republics
Tallinn , Estonia - Treaty's fighters fly over Riga and Tallinn
NATO performed yesterday a series of air exercises in the air spaces of Baltic Republics of Estonia and Lithuania. American, Polish and Danish F-16 fighters, Czech L-159s, Lithuanian L-39s, Estonian AN-2... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines gets immunity to join Star Alliance
Washington, USA - The tentative approval by the American department of transports
Continental Airlines will join Star Alliance thanks to antitrust immunity. This has been decided with a tentative approval by the American Department of Transports (DOT). The airline will join the 21 already... more
Civil aviationItalian ENAV, flight routes overhauled
Rome, Italy - Fuel savings with more direct routes causing less pollution
After Kyoto Protocol recommendations on the need to limit CO2 emissions and the data provided recently by the IATA (International Air Transport Association) in which harmful emissions attributed to aviation... more
IndustryVH-71 project: Guarguaglini replies to US government
Moscow, Russia - "President Obama will fly on a Finmeccanica helicopter"
After the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates suggested the interruption of the VH-71 program (see AVIONEWS), yesterday from Moscow, where he was for the Italian-Russian agreement about the Superjet-100... more
AccidentsAirplane crash in the USA. Pilot killed
Chesnee, USA - Still unknown the cause of the accident
NTSB (National Transport Safety Board) is investigating on the air accident happened yesterday near Chesnee, South Carolina, USA, in which Stuart E. Adcock Jr. was killed. The man was the only occupant... more
AirportsInternational passengers decrease in the nine airports ASUR
Cancun, Mexico - Negative figures also in Cancun
Cancun airport, member of the Mexican southeast airport group (ASUR), registered a decreased in the number of international passengers for the first time since August 2007. Figures, referred to March 2009,... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: March 2009 traffic
Rome, Italy - For passenger and cargo
"Passenger business March 2009 saw a further marked deterioration in the operating environment. Despite an almost 3% reduction in capacity, traffic declined by 9.4%, affecting all the networks. This... more
IndustryThe Superjet-100 will be one of the "Stars" at "Le Bourget 2009"
Moscow, Russia - Fournier: "It's a perfect example of cooperation between Russia and Europe"
The Sukhoi Superjet-100 will be one of the main attractions at the "Paris Air Show 2009" in Le Bourget. The managing director of the show Gilles Fournier stated: "It's a perfect example of cooperation... more
Military aviationThe four Countries involved in the Eurofighter program restart negotiations
Madrid, Spain - Germany, Italy, UK and Spain focus on the last details that will bring to the agreement for the first phase of project's Tranche III
The ministries of defense of the four Countries involved in the Eurofighter program (Germany, Italy, UK and Spain) restarted last week the high-level discussions to get to the agreement about the first... more
AirlinesTACA and Lufthansa sign a code-sharing agreement
Milan, Italy - For daily flights from Frankfurt and San Salvador, via Miami
Starting from April 1, Central American increased air connections with Europe, thanks to the code-sharing agreement between TACA Airlines and Lufthansa, including daily flights between Frankfurt and San... more
IndustryBrazil might build fighters under Russian license in the future
Moscow, Russia - Discussions underway with Embraer for the transfer of technologies
Russian and Brazilian governments are discussing the transfer of Russian technologies for the construction of the next-generation fighters. "We are discussing with the well-known Brazilian company Embraer... more
IndustryLockheed Martin to upgrade the AN-FPS-117 radar of Kuwait
Syracuse, USA - The device original has been delivered in 1993
"Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Kuwait Ministry of Defense to significantly upgrade the Kuwait Air Force AN/FPS-117 long-range radar originally delivered in 1993. The radar is used... more
Military aviationMil will deliver 12 Mi-35s to Brazil by the end of the year
Moscow, Russia - The Russian industry beated Eurocopter and AgustaWestland in last fall's tender
The Russian constructor Mil will start delivering the 12 Mi-35 "Hind" E attack helicopters ordered by Brazil in last fall by the end of 2009. Alexander Fomin, vice director of the federal service for military-technical... more
AirportsNew runway at Cagliari airport
Cagliari, Italy - Funded by European Union with 23 million euros
Cagliari airport is ready to open its renovated runway. Starting from 6 a.m. on April 9, it will take the place of the temporary one, created to allow the works and not to affect or limit air traffic in... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing for a glider in Bergamo, Italy
Bergamo, Italy - After hitting a building and damaging a power line. Pilot uninjured
The pilot of a glider from Valbrembo Flying school that yesterday afternoon was forced to an emergency landing in Pradalunga (Bergamo, Italy) came out uninjured from the aircraft. The man has been anyway... more
CuriositiesFlashes of youth: first parachute launch at 97
Salisbury, UK - George Moyse: "It was the first time, but it won't be the last"
Real age is not in the passing of time, but in how life is lived. This must be the spirit that brought English George Moyse, 97 years old (almost 98), to try the thrill of sky-diving, jumping with the... more
ReportUSA: Canadian steals airplane hoping to be shoot down by the F-16s
Ellsinore, USA - The 31-year-old seems to have told the police he wanted to commit suicide
"I wanted to commit suicide but I didn't have the courage to do it myself. So I hoped that the American fighters would shoot me down". This is what 31-year-old Turkish-Canadian Adam Dylan Leon seems to... more
OccurrencesUSA, airplane hits eagle and is forced to land
Orlando, USA - The MD-83 with 138 people on board received damage to the nose and to the angle of attack sensor
Some thrill yesterday for the 138 people on board of a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 scheduled to fly from Orlando to Allentown when their plane, during take off, hit a bald eagle (the classic American symbol... more
AerospaceBoeing-built satellite WGS-2 sends 1st signals from space
Cape Canaveral, Usa - From the second of six satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force
"Boeing has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the second of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The signals indicate that the spacecraft... more
AerospaceNASA: satellites show Arctic ice getting thinner
Washington, USA - The process is accelerating in late years
The seasonal maximum sea ice extent on the Arctic occurred on the last 28th of February. The next-generation satellites have photographed and analyzed the area and the thickness of the ices and found,... more
AirportsPalermo airport, capital widening decided by GESAP
Palermo, Italy - Almost € 21.6 million subscribed by public and private shareholders
The board of directors of the managing society of Palermo-Punta Raisi "Falcone e Borsellino" airport, GESAP, decided yesterday the subscription of an € 21.6 million capital widening, reducing the gap w... more
AirportsAbu Dhabi, terminal 3 is fully operational
Abu Dhabi , UAE - It will expand airport’s capacity to 12 million
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today announced another major milestone in the development of the airport with the full transfer of flights from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3, ensuring smooth transition for... more
AccidentsHelicopter crash in France: 3 victims
Dierre, France - Two people lost their lives immediately, the third for the bad burns reported
It turned into tragedy a touristic helicopter flight on Sunday for three people in France, at Dierre airport. The private Robinson R-44 Raven II helicopter, probably owned by the pilot, crashed without... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: completed the acquisition of SCAC shares (Superjet 100 aircraft), but not only...
Rome, Italy - Also important marketing Italian-Russian agreements signed about security that involved the Group's subsidiaries
"Within the business mission to Moscow – promoted by Confindustria, ABI and ICE – SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, and the Russian companies Scartel LCC and Russian Electronics OJSCo, whi... more
AirportsSydney airport welcomes Air Austral
Sydney, Australia - The Reunion carrier will fly twice a week
Sydney airport has welcomed Air Austral which next week will commence flying a twice weekly service between Sydney and Paris via Reunion Island, where the carrier is based. The CEO of the airport, Russell... more
Press releaseItalian ENAC, an engineer dies in the earthquake
Rome, Italy - Along with her 9 year old son
"ENAC (Italian civil aviation authority) announces that the engineer Giuliana Tamburro is among the casualties of the earthquake occurred in the Italian region of Abruzzo at 3:30 a.m. (local time) on April... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: clarification on the VH-71 programme
Rome, Italy - The industry confirms that this is only the first step in a complex process
"With regards to the US Defence Administration's possible cancellation of the VH-71 programme, Finmeccanica confirms that this is only the first step in a particularly complex budget approval process and... more
AerospaceItalian Space Agency (ASI): Cosmo-SkyMed at work for the earthquake in Abruzzo
Rome, Italy - The first imagines of the hit area predicted for this morning
"Cosmo-SkyMed, the Earth observation satellite system, following to the request by the Italian Civil Defense Department, has acquired, in the last afternoon of yesterday, the first radar imagines of L'Aquila's... more
IndustryUSA could freeze the VH-71 program
Washington, USA - Robert Gates's proposal to help cutting military costs. Finmeccanica: "No impact"
The US secretary of defense, Robert Gates, reaffirmed his doubts about the VH-71 helicopter program, on which Lockheed Martin is working in a joint venture with AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica group). The... more
UAS-DronesBoeing demonstrates Command and Control of ScanEagle UAS
Seattle, USA - From Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft
"Boeing on March 16 successfully demonstrated simultaneous command and control of three ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning... more
AirportsNew route from London-City to Nantes
Nantes, France - Operated by Air France and its subsidiaries City Jet and VLM Airlines
Nantes-Atlantique Airport welcomed Air France and its subsidiaries, CityJet and VLM Airlines, new flights to London-City starting from from 27th April. François Marie, Nantes-Atlantique Airport director... more
ReportMerkel: a short visit in Afghanistan
Kunduz, Afghanistan - Directly from Prague to visit the German soldiers of the ISAF
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, with a short visit today, coming from US-EU summit in Prague ended yesterday, has met about 700 German soldiers in Kundur base, within the ISAF (International Security... more
ReportItaly, earthquake in Abruzzo (3): more than 100 victims
L'Aquila , Italy - 1,500 injured people in L'Aquila, half the buildings damaged
It has grown to 100 the number of the certain victims of tonight's earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy. Prime Minister Berlusconi said that 5,000 people are working to save those who are still trapped under... more
Press releaseItalian SdL suspended the four hour strike fixed for next April 8
Rome, Italy - Due to the severe earthquake in Abruzzo
"Sdl (Italian workers intercategory union), following to the earthquake that has hit Abruzzo Region last night, has decided to suspend, for a sense of responsibility, the four hour strike announced for... more
DefenseItalian Navy: NATO, naval replacement
Rome, Italy - Today, 6th of April
"Today 6th of April the 'Luigi Durand de la Penne' destroyer goes back to operations at the air-sea department of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, in command of rear admiral Giovanni Gumiero. The 'Luigi... more
AccidentsNorth Sea accident: all the bodies recovered
Aberdeen, UK - Discussions about safety of the "Super Puma" go on
All the bodies of the victims of the accident that occurred last week to a Bond operated Eurocopter "Super Puma" in the North Sea, off the coast of Aberdeen, in Scotland, returning from an oil platform,... more
IndustryCessna: Korean Air ordered two airplanes for pilot training
Wichita, Usa - A pilot center in India
"Cessna Aircraft Company announced Korean Air has ordered two Citation CJ1+ aircraft to boost its advanced pilot training capability. The two new Citation CJ1+ aircraft will have a special center-mounted... more
IndustryStrategic partnership between BAE Systems, SSMART and SIGNAAL HELLAS
Athens, Greece - The long-term agreement for the Greek defense programs
BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Limited today announced it has entered into a definitive Memorandum of understanding to establish a long term strategic partnership in support of the Hellenic... more
AirportsNaples airport, a swarm of bees blocks three gates
Naples, Italy - The passengers have been moved, no problem for the operations
Curious accident at Naples-Capodichino airport where a swarm of bees flew across three terminal gates stopping by the ones dedicated to extra-Schengen passengers. The gates have been closed as a precaution... more
AerospaceESA: postponed the decision about launch's date of the Herschel and Planck satellite
Paris, France - Further verifications necessary
"The verification of operations procedures for Herschel and Planck at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) has now positively concluded. However, during final checks on the spacecraft, concerns h... more
AirportsAer Lingus commences flights from Ireland-West Knock to London-Gatwick
County Mayo, Ireland - The region will benefit from an increase of around 35,000 tourists
Ireland West Airport Knock welcomed the return of Aer Lingus, which has today commenced a daily London-Gatwick service. The new flights will provide the West and North West region of Ireland with easy... more
ReportSogeap, Aeroporto Parma, firm arrested
Parma, Italy - Owner of Meinl International Airports that holds 67% of the airport's managing society
It seems to have been arrested for fraud, embezzlement and trust abuse against the costumers Julius Meinl, owner of Meinl International Airports, society that holds 67% of Sogeap, the managing society... more
AccidentsMilitary airplane crashes in Indonesia: 24 victims
Bandung, Indonesia - The aging Fokker 27 hit a hangar and exploded
A 32-year-old Fokker 27 crashed this afternoon in Bandung, Indonesia, with 24 people on board. The plane crashed, seems due to heavy rain, on a hangar, exploding and killing all the occupants. Among them,... more
AirlinesAer Lingus CEO resigned
Dublin, Ireland - Mannion: "New ideas will be good for the airline"
Dermot Mannion, Aer Lingus CEO, resigned this morning after 4 years at the head of the Irish airline. President Colm Barrington will take his place until a new CEO is elected. Aer Lingus realized a loss... more
Civil aviationIn May, the first edition of "Aviation Management"
Rome, Italy - In the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, by ENAV
The first edition of the Summer school in "Aviation management" - an issue created by the cooperation of Bologna University and ENAV (Italian flight assistance authority) and with the aid of ENAC (Italian... more
Civil aviationStar Alliance outlines next stage of "Move under one roof" at London-Heathrow airport
Milan, Italy - It has predicted this Summer the relocating by some carriers from Terminal 2
"With more space now being available at Heathrow Terminal 1, Star Alliance is preparing to implement the next stage of its 'Move under one Roof' (MuoR) strategy. This sees current Terminal 2 carriers -... more