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ReportItalian consumers' association: too many inefficiencies in air transport
Rome, Italy - The request for a meeting with the ministers of tourism and transport
EUROCONTROL's recent report that placed Italy at the bottom of the flight punctuality ranking (see AVIONEWS) has provoked the reaction of the Italian consumers' association Adiconsum that lamented too... more
ReportLockerbie bomber al-Megrahi released by Scotland
Rome, Italy - Hard reaction from the United States
Scotland has freed today Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, former Libyan intelligence agent condemned to life-imprisonment for the Lockerbie terrorist attack, when a bomb exploded on a Boeing 747/121 aircraft... more
ReportRome: 14 drug smugglers arrested in Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - They were carrying 55 kg of cocaine in their luggage
The operation "New Orange" carried out by the Italian financial police at Rome-Fiumicino airport is over: it brought to the arrest of 14 people and to the seize of 55 kg of cocaine. The drug smugglers,... more
ReportChild charged € 10 to recover the purse she had lost on a Ryanair airplane
Dublin, Ireland - The fare applied by Greencap, company that manages "Lost&Found" services for the low-cost carrier
An Irish child, nine-year-old E.L., has been charged € 10 to get back her purse, which she had lost on a Ryanair airplane coming from Spain. The kid, already sad for the loss, after her father, Sean L... more
ReportRussia, a rescue airplane for Nazran bomb's victims
Moscow, Russia - A new terrorist action in the Ingushetia region
The Russian government has made an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft available to supply rescue and support to the victims of a bomb exploded today in Nazran, in the Ingushetia region. The toll so far is of... more
ReportTaliban leader likely killed in US drone attack
Makeen, Pakistan - Head of Pakistani rebels
Pakistani Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, might have been killed together with his wife in an attack performed by an American drone in Makeen, south-Waziristan region, Islamabad's interiors minister... more
ReportAlinghi's catamaran to arrive in Genoa by helicopter
Genoa, Italy - The journey will be performed by a Mil Mi-26T helicopter, the biggest in the world
Alinghi, America's Cup holder team, will transport tomorrow its catamaran from Le Bouveret, Switzerland, to Genoa, Italy. For the transport will be used a Mil Mi-26T helicopter, the biggest in the world,... more
ReportBlind woman misses Ryanair flight due to queues for baggage-dropping
Swindon, UK - The carrier: "She was late, all the other passangers made the flight"
"It wasn’t an experience I will ever repeat, I will never fly with them again". This has been the comment made by Claire Randall, a blind woman from Swindon, UK, who had to renounce on Friday to reach P... more
ReportOn August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was hit by an atomic bomb
Rome, Italy - From that day the world has never been the same
On August 6, 1945, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress from the 393rd bomber squadron of the US Air Force, named "Enola Gay" after colonel Paul Tibbet's, pilot of the aircraft, mother, took off from Tinian base... more
ReportThe UK might change short-haul flights with trains
London, UK - For environmental reasons and to make links between London and Scotland easier
London government is thinking to replace short-haul flights with high-speed trains and plans for a similar solutions would already be in a very advanced state, the newspaper "The Guardian" reported today... more
ReportTwo American journalists charged in North Korea will come back
Pyongyang, North Korea - Bill Clinton's mission has been successful
Two American journalists arrested in mid-March in North Korea, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, and charged for espionage to 12 years of labour camp (see AVIONEWS), might come back to the USA already today, together... more
ReportA-380 delays: EADS might have to pay a multi-million refund to a group of shareholders
Paris, France - Due to the strong downtrend of the title in the stock market
As it is about two years behind the delivery schedule, the A-380 aircraft produced by Airbus (EADS consortium, created by a joint-venture founded on July 10, 2000, between German Dasa, French Aérospatiale-Matra... more
ReportPrince William took part in rescue missions
London, UK - During his SAR pilot training
Prince William, 27-year-old heir to the throne of UK, took part in several rescue operations during his two-week posting at RAF Valley search and rescue base. This period is part of prince's RAF (Royal... more
ReportIndian private carriers retire the threat of a strike on August 18
New Delhi, India - The protest due to high fuel taxes
Claiming a lack of support by the Indian government to challenge the current crisis of air transport, several private airlines belonging to FIA (Federation of Indian Airlines) had announced a strike for... more
ReportAircraft with 16 people on board disappeared in Indonesia
Jayapura, Indonesia - Searches hampered by bad weather
A De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 of Indonesian Merpati Nusantara Airlines, en route from Jayapura to Oksibil with 16 people on board, yesterday disappeared from radars without leaving a trace.... more
ReportItaly: Giovanardi requires cocaine tests for aircraft pilots
Rome, Italy - If found positive, their mansion will be changed
Italian Prime Minister's Office undersecretary with responsibility for anti-drug policies, Carlo Giovanardi, suggested to introduce extended cocaine tests, in particular for airline pilots and truck or... more
ReportSpain: Mallorca airport opened again
Palma, Spain - It had been closed yesterday after ETA's terrorist attack
After being suspended yesterday after ETA's terrorist attack in which two Civil Guard agents have been killed (see AVIONEWS), operations at Mallorca airport and ports have been reopened just before 6:00... more
ReportItaly, Fantozzi: two offers received for Atitech and Alitalia Maintenance Systems
Rome, Italy - Payment of Atitech's salaries for July guaranteed
Augusto Fantozzi, Alitalia Servizi extraordinary commissioner, issued today a note communicating that two irrevocable purchase offers have arrived, within the deadline fixed by the Italian ministry of... more
ReportMallorca airport activities suspended
Mallorca, Spain - ETA's terrorist attack put airlines' programs at risk
According to airlines' schedules for the next days, from July 31 to August 3, on Balearic airports there would be 4,627 flights and for this reason 745,389 aircraft seats have been made available, departing... more
ReportItaly, Atitech: salaries will arrive thanks to IesMed?
Rome, Italy - The situation might be unlocked today
Atitech workers' salaries might be unlocked already today, after the agreement reached in these days between Investimenti e Sviluppo Mediterraneo (IesMed) CEO, Giovanni Lettieri, Alitalia-CAI extraordinary... more
ReportCrisis: airlines seek support from the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium - Meeting between Tajani and carriers' CEOs
Antonio Tajani, European commissioner for transports, has recently met CEOs from the main carriers who asked the Union for a help in passing through current difficulties, finding an institutional way in... more
ReportItalian IPA: Fabio Berti, ANPAC president, interviewed by AVIONEWS
Rome, Italy - The new association will give new strength to Italian pilots
A new Italian Pilot Association (IPA) has been founded yesterday (see AVIONEWS). To talk about this new entity within Italian trade unions, AVIONEWS interviewed commander Fabio Berti, ANPAC (Italian association... more
ReportEU: Tajani asks new rules for baggage losses
Brussels, Belgium - Lost or delayed in Europe, in the first 10 months of 2008, 4.6 million bags
European transport commissioner, Antonio Tajani, has reaffirmed its intention to propose new rules concerning baggage losses in the airports of the Union. In the first nine months of 2008, in fact, just... more
ReportItaly, Atitech: meeting today in Rome
Naples, Italy - The company is facing months of uncertainty and on Friday it risks to be closed
A meeting is going to be held today in Rome between representatives from the government, Alitalia-CAI (Compagnia aerea italiana) management and trade unions to save Atitech, Naples-based company that performed... more
ReportServisair Cargo workers "Kidnap" manager
Paris, France - To protest against possible layoffs
Around 60 employees of the airline Servisair Cargo tonight have "Kidnapped" a manager of the carrier, Abderrahmane El-Aouffir, preventing him from leaving offices at Paris-"Charles de Gaulle" airport as... more
ReportMyair.com suspension: third flop for former aerobatic pilot Soddu
Rome, Italy - After Volare and Alpi Eagles
With the suspension of the temporary license by ENAC, Italian Civil Aviation Authority (see AVIONEWS), low-cost carrier Myair.com's experience is closed. It is the third time that the Italian entrepreneur... more
ReportUS drone might have killed one of Bin Laden's sons
Islamabad, Pakistan - The news reported by American radio: 80-85% chance
Sa'ad Bin Laden, one of the sons of Al-Qaeda's leader, might have been killed at the beginning of the year in an aerial attack performed by an US drone in Pakistan. The news has been reported by the American... more
ReportContinental Airlines apologizes for frisking ex Indian president
New Delhi, India - New Delhi's government has charged the airline
Embarrassment for American Continental Airlines that has been forced today to express its official apologies to India after his staff in New Delhi had frisked the ex-president of the Asian country, A.P.J.... more
ReportItaly: helicopter discovers cannabis plantation near Livorno
Livorno, Italy - The field was irrigated thanks to photovoltaic cells
Italian financial police, helped by La Spezia's air naval group service, has discovered a cannabis plantation in a forest zone near Livorno. The operation has brought to the seize of 64 plants of various... more
ReportMoroccan passengers left on the ground by Myair.com returned with Royal Air Maroc
Venice, Italy - They were blocked in Italy since Monday
109 out of 172 Moroccan passengers that had been blocked in Venice-Tessera "Marco Polo" airport finally managed to depart this morning at about 11:00 am local time (9:00 am GMT). They had been left on... more
ReportAsia, eclipse of the century ruined by clouds
Shanghai, China - Scientists fly on military aircraft
Hundreds of million people have found themselves looking towards the sky this morning (night in Europe) to watch the spectacular show of what has been the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century: a similar... more
ReportUS drone missile attack kills 5 in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - The action criticized by Islamabad's government
A missile attack performed today by an US drone is reported to have killed at least six people inside a house in Pakistan, in North Waziristan region, considered as one of Taliban and Al-Qaeda rebel guerrilla... more
ReportRussian airline will race for US military transport to Afghanistan
Moscow, Russia - Volga-Dnepr Airlines operates the world's largest Antonov An-124/100 fleet
Volga-Dnepr Airlines will participate in the tender for US military supply transport to Afghanistan, in transit on the Russian territory. The deal to let American supplies pass through Russia had been... more
ReportThe body of the Italian paratrooper killed in Afghanistan has been repatriated
Rome, Italy - Welcomed by the "Folgore" honor guard. La Russa: "A 50-70 kg bomb"
The Italian Air Force C-130J carrying the body of the paratrooper killed on Tuesday near Farah, in Afghanistan, in a terrorist attack (see AVIONEWS), landed this morning at Rome-Ciampino airport. The coffin... more
ReportThe body of the Italian soldier killed in Afghanistan will be brought back home tomorrow
Rome, Italy - City mourning announced in Campobasso
The body of Alessandro Di Lisio, the Italian paratrooper killed yesterday in Afghanistan after a terrorist attack (see AVIONEWS), will be brought back home tomorrow on board of an Italian Air Force C-130.... more
ReportHelicopter crash in Afghanistan, death toll grows to 6
Sangin, Afghanistan - All occupants of the aircraft, maybe also a child on the ground
The death toll of yesterday's helicopter crash in the Helmand region, Afghanistan (see AVIONEWS), has grown to 6. All the passengers on board of the aircraft, a Pecotox-Air Mil Mi-26T, are understood to... more
ReportESA: MARS 500 mission accomplished
Moscow, Russia - 105-day simulation to simulate Human spaceflight on Mars
A crew of six completed their simulated Mars mission after leaving a special isolation facility in Moscow, Russia, for the first time in 105 days. Their mission is part of the Mars 500 programme that will... more
ReportThe school of aerospace engineering of "La Sapienza" University at Rome-Urbe airport
Rome, Italy - The move is scheduled for September 2009
The school of aerospace engineering of Rome's "La Sapienza" University will be moved to Rome-Urbe airport starting from September 2009. From San Pietro in Vincoli it will come back to the buildings and... more
ReportAfghanistan: Italian paratrooper killed in terrorist attack
Farah, Afghanistan - Further three military have been injured
An Italian paratrooper, 25-year-old Alessandro Di Lisio, has been killed this morning in Afghanistan, near Farah, in a terrorist attack. Besides him, further three paratroopers have been injured, even... more
ReportBouquet launched from an autogyro breaks the engine
Suvereto, Italy - Injured the two occupants, the passenger is in serious conditions
A marriage risked to end up in tragedy in Suvereto (Livorno, Italy) when two people, 61-year-old pilot Luciano Nannelli and 44-year-old Isidoro Pensieri, decided to launch the bride's bouquet from the... more
ReportNew airlines join the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group
Seattle, USA - Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, TUIfly and Virgin Blue
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an airline-led industry working group that aims to promote next-generation sustainable bio-fuels, today announced that several leading air carriers have been... more
ReportA German court ruling challenges Ryanair
Berlin, Germany - For the fees for paying by debit or credit card
Ryanair's practice of charging passengers extra for using credit and debit cards could be challenged following a court ruling in Germany. The no-frills airline lost a court case in Germany last month... more
ReportNTSB issued the final report on Steve Fossett's accident
Washington, USA - Downdrafts caused the death of the American billionaire aviator in 2007
The American National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued the final report on the accident that, on September 3, 2007, caused the death of the American billionaire aviator Steve Fossett (for a list... more
ReportHu Jintao flies to China to face the crisis in Xinjiang
L'Aquila, Italy - Dai Bing Gou, member of the State Council, represents Country at G8
The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, after to have received a call during the dinner, (yesterday he was in Florence for a visit) has taken off quickly last night from Pisa's airport on a B-747 airplane of... more
ReportVito Riggio (ENAC) welcomed US president Barack H. Obama
Rome, Italy - At Rome-Urbe airport
This morning, US president Barack Hussein Obama arrived at Rome-Urbe airport, coming back from the visit with Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, at "Quirinale" palace. American delegation has been welcomed... more
ReportBarack H. Obama and US delegation transit from Urbe airport in Rome
Rome, Italy - Destination: the G8 at L'Aquila
Rome-Urbe airport -the small airport usually reserved for general aviation and the Civil Defense units- has been picked as base for the arrival and departure of the US delegation and its president, Barack... more
ReportG8: leaders transferred by helicopter on the case of earthquake
L'Aquila, Italy - Underground bunker against terrorist attacks
It is all ready for the G8 summit that will be held in L'Aquila, Italy, from July 8 to 10. In particular to emergency plans have been prepared on the case of earthquake or of terrorist attack, the Italian... more
ReportThe Flying school of San Marino celebrates 40 years from the landing on the Moon
San Marino, San Marino Republic - The event will take place at the airfield of Torraccia from July 20 to 26
The Flying school of San Marino will celebrate at the end of July the 40th anniversary of the landing on the Moon. From Monday 20 from the airfield of Torraccia will start touristic flights by airplanes,... more
ReportHonduras, deposed president's comeback failed
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - The military opened fire on the crowd killing two people
Manuel Zelaya, Honduran president deposed by a military coup one week ago, attempted to come back in the country, but the military of the government led by Roberto Micheletti occupied the runway of Tegucigalpa... more
ReportBody found in the wheels of an aircraft at Gatwick
London, UK - Discovered during the routine safety checks after landing
The lifeless body of a man has been found in the wheels of the undercarriage of an aircraft at London-Gatwick airport, after the Boeing 757, flight GU101 from Accra, had landed yesterday morning arriving... more