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AirportsChina: project to expand Ürümqi Airport
An investment of $ 6 billion
The Chinese government has approved the project for the expansion of Ürümqi airport, in the Xinjiang region, which will be used as the focal point and fulcrum of the cargo planes in the "Belt and Road" i... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the old directors have been condemned also on Appeal
Prescribed a minor crime
From what AVIONEWS have heard, the Second Section of Court of Appeal of Rome, in its session of November 9th, confirmed the sentences of the first degree of judgment (see AVIONEWS), although reducing them... more
AerospaceSpaceX: authorized to create a network of 7518 satellites in orbit
It will be used to bring internet access all over the Earth
The SpaceX company -founded by Elon Musk- has obtained the permission from the Federal Communications Commission to send 7518 satellites into orbit, which would serve to give birth to the program designed... more
DefenseAircraft. FCAS: Airbus and Dassault will soon present the prototype
The goal is to find new financing
The aerospace companies Airbus and Dassault Aviation in the next months should present the mock-up of what will be the new French-German warplane, in order to obtain the necessary funding to design and... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the airline still loses 1.5 million a day
Despite this it orders 3 A-321neo instead of 3 A-321
The leaders of the carrier Alitalia and the unions met -last Friday- at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, in a meeting in which -as reported by the "Corriere della Sera"- the economic performance... more
ConferencesAircraft and transport in Italy. Boeing: market perspectives and new challenges
The conference took place today in Milan at the Assolombarda headquarters
The conference "Air Transport in Italy - Market Perspectives and New Challenges", organized by Boeing and Sea (Milan's airports), took place today at the Assolombarda headquarters in Milan. During the... more
AerospaceWill NASA focus on the SpaceX and Blue Origin launchers?
Problem: the SLS costs a lot and is behind with development
NASA is planning to withdraw plans for the design, development and use of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion space shuttle, because the costs are very high, but above all because SpaceX -of Elon... more
Science and technologyCIMON completes first tasks in space
The astronaut assistant robot talks with Alexander Gerst on board the ISS
The astronaut assistant, CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN), developed and built by Airbus on behalf of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), has passed its first tests in space with flying colours.... more
AerospaceCygnus headed to International Space Station
The PCM will carry over three kilos of supplies and scientific experiments
The latest Cygnus spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) has been successfully launched by an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, o... more
IndustryDelta Air Lines orders 10 additional A-330/900 planes
Order supports international short-medium term growth strategy
Delta Air Lines has ordered 10 additional A-330/900 widebody aircraft, expanding their A-330neo order book from 25 to 35 planes. This latest order supports Delta’s international growth strategy in the n... more
ReportItalian ASI. Benvenuti and Cinque appointed commissioners
The waiting for the decision of the Lazio Regional Administrative Court remains in the background
The indiscretions that the astrophysicist Piero Benvenuti, as commissioner of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the lawyer Giovanni Cinque sub-commissioner, have confirmed. In fact the same professor... more
Civil aviationJAL: 19 pilots since August 2017 have failed the test of the breathalyser
Tighter controls also introduced to on-board and ground personnel
The pilots of the Japan Airlines (JAL) would have failed 19 times the test of the breathalyser since August 2017, when the Japanese company has introduced more sensitive systems and internal controls.... more
DefenseIsrael: joint air exercise to destroy the S-300 anti-aircraft systems
Training carried out with the Greek Armed Forces
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) and Greece Armed Forces trained -from the end of October to the past few days- in an aerial exercise aimed at identifying how Israeli aircraft can operate to hit and destroy... more
AirlinesChina Southern: problems for Cathay if will enter in Oneworld
The Hong Kong company could veto
The China Southern Airlines will leave the SkyTeam alliance next January 1 to join the Oneworld Group, where are present American Airlines, British Airways, Qantas and Cathay Pacific. An important opportunity... more
DefenseTurkey: the Pentagon asks Congress for an opinion on F-35 aircraft
The Turkish decision on the S-400 will be decisive
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) would deliver a detailed report to Congress on the implications and possible future scenarios in case Turkey were to receive the 100 F-35 aircraft ordered.... more
AirlinesJet Airways: will Tata board decides today if proceed to buy the carrier?
Indiscretions raise the value of the company's shares
Tata Group's board of directors today will likely be given the go-ahead to acquire the Jet Airways carrier, which has seen the value of its shares rise to a maximum of five months despite the heavy debt... more
ReportLion Air incident: Boeing sued for murder
Lawsuit filled by the father of one of the 189 victims
An Indonesian man has sued the aerospace company Boeing, claiming that the crash of Lion Air's B-737 MAX 8 plane -where 189 people died- was caused by a design problem not communicated to the airlines.... more
AerospaceSpace debris: Italy (and Leonardo) in the front row to map them
Space Alliance will invest in the Canadian idea of putting 40 probes into orbit
To map the location of space debris, the Canadian company NorthStar has planned to create a constellation of 40 satellites to observe the Earth's orbit constantly. An idea that attracted the Space Alliance... more
AirlinesJetBlue: asked to increase competition at FAA and EASA
Alliances between airlines would monopolize the market
JetBlue's CEO Robin Hayes -speaking yesterday at an air transport event in New York- asked to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulatory agencies... more
DefenseChina: quantum radar to detect stealth aircraft
Technology that would give an abysmal advantage
Stealth aircraft in the future may have difficulty not being tracked as China is working on the construction of a new generation radar, capable of identifying the exact position of the aircraft in the... more
AirportsAlitalia-FS: mid-December high-speed trains to and from Fiumicino airport
Integration tests between air and rail transport
The first trial of an integration between airplane and rail transport will start for the mid of December, when four trains a day of high-speed Rome-Milan will arrive and leave Fiumicino airport avoiding... more
HelicoptersMi-171A2 and Ansat helicopters perfomed demonstration flights in Vietnam
As part of the demonstration tour in Southeast Asia
As part of the demonstration tour in Southeast Asia, on November 16, Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec State Corporation) presented the Mi-171A2 and Ansat helicopters in Hanoi (Vietnam). Demonstration... more
IndustryFincantieri: contract for three ships to modernize in Palermo
Signed with Windstar for over EUR 200 million
Fincantieri has signed a contract with Windstar Cruises (part of the Xanterra Travel Collection), owners and one of the main operators in the field of high-end small ship cruises, for an impressive extension... more
AerospaceTAS and Telespazio announce an investment in NorthStar Earth and Space
The Canadian information services company will deploy a 40 satellites constellation
The Space Alliance formed by Telespazio (Leonardo 67%,Thales 33%) and Thales Alenia Space-TAS- (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) announced yesterday it has officially taken a stake in NorthStar Earth and Space... more
Science and technologyHigh speed flight in the stratosphere
From Europe to Australia in three hours time
While reducing emissions, hypersonic flights will allow people to move ten times faster than now, thanks to Stratofly project coordinated by Politecnico di Torino more
DefenseChina: J-20 will have a "stealth" refuelling probe
It will permit to use it in long-range operations
After the first flight with missiles aboard the Chengdu J-20 Chinese could soon also make its baptism for air refuelling, allowing the fifth-generation aircraft to reach targets further away from the take-off... more
AerospaceTelespazio celebrates 20 years of activity in Romania
With an event at the Italian embassy in Bucharest
Telespazio celebrated its first 20 years of activity in Romania, at the Italian Embassy in Bucharest. Actually, the industry has been operating in Romania since 1998 through Rartel, a company in which... more
AirlinesChina Southern: does the carrier leave the SkyTeam alliance?
It would serve to develop the company, but it hides high costs
The China Southern Airlines carrier will leave the international alliance SkyTeam (which also includes Alitalia), in a move that should allow the airline to develop more. At the same time the decision... more
DefenseUSA: orders for new F-35 aircraft
255 airplanes that will decrease the final cost in projection
While in Italy it is decided to reduce the purchase of fifth generation aircraft Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II risking to "cut" even the operational capabilities of the Italian Air Force (AMI) and... more
DefenseLeonardo: upgraded ship delivered to Royal Bahrain Naval Force
It is the second of six units, the first one in 2017
During a ceremony in Mina Salman at Royal Bahrain Navy headquarters, Leonardo delivered the second of six upgraded naval vessels, Al Muharraq ship, following a deal signed in 2015 with the Royal Bahrain... more