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AccidentsEIGHT PEOPLE DIE FOR AIR CRASH IN AUSTRALIA
SIDNEY, An aircraft with eight people on board sank approximately 25 kilometers far from south australian coasts. The search, carried out with an helicopter, three aircrafts and several boats, let be discovered... more
Science and technologyFAILS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITISH AND OLYMPIC
ROME, British Airlines decided not to take over the 20% of greek company Olympic Airlines, because of its difficulties. The pre-emptive right won't be therefore taken up and the greek airline will take... more
DefenseF-104 PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
ROME, The Honourable Gramazio, of Alleanza Nazionale, sent a parliamentary question about the dangerousness of F-104 flights for people. He also asked for new funds for AMI, to provide it of state-of-the... more
Science and technologyPARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ABOUT FIUMICINO AIRPORT
ROME, Honourables Malagnino and Abaterusso, from Olive-Democratic-Socialist Party, sent a parliamentary question regarding the interventions of operating and structural retraining of flight infrastructures... more
AirlinesPARLIAMENTARY QUESTION REGARDING ALITALIA
ROME, The Honourable Armosino, of Forza Italia party, sent a written parliamentary question to know if Alitalia will start up the course Torino-Reggio Calabria. more
Science and technologyNEW PRESIDENT FOR VENICE AIRPORT
VENICE, Save Company, which runs the business of "Marco Polo" Venice Airport, has a new President, Enrico Marchi, elected unanimously at company meeting which took place yesterday evening. Marchi, aged... more
Science and technologyAMERICAN AIRLINES INAUGURATES ROME-CHICAGO NO- STOP FLIGHT
ROME, American Airlines inaugurated the new no-stop daily connection between Fiumicino Airport and Chicago O'Hare airport. "The course between Rome and Chicago was the most crowded course between Italy... more
PeopleBALL WATCHING INSTEAD OF AIRCRAFT WATCHING
MILAN, About eighty air traffic controllers received a notification of investigation. The count of indiction was fraud towards Enav. About fifteen controllers would be prosecuted for breaking and disturbing... more
AirlinesALITALIA ON INTERNET
ROME, Alitalia national company gets into e-commerce with a new portal dedicated to allocation of services and products related to tourism. Alitalia's board of directors therefore started up this project... more
DefensePARLIAMENTARY OPINION ON AM-X MODERNIZATION
ROMA, Italian Minister of Defense, Honourable Mattarella, of PPI party, delivered the request of parliamentary opinion about AM-X fleet modernization plan by letter dated May 25th. The 4th Permanent Commission... more
PeopleSPECIAL SAFETY BELT FOR QUICK TEMPERED PASSENGERS
LONDON, An ex police man thought up a device called "Body restraint package" that will be used by flying attendants on airplanes to "cool down" passengers furies in case they are taken by paroxysms dangerous... more
DefenseNO SPARE PARTS FOR BRAZILIAN AIRFORCE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Top-ranking officers of Brazilian air force said nearly 60 percent of the service's aircraft are grounded because of a lack of spare parts, which government can't buy because it needs the... more
DefenseHOW MANY AIRCRAFTS ARE OPERATED BY PENTAGON?
WASHINGTON D.C., Does the Pentagon really need 346 support aircraft -- including luxury jets used to ferry top brass around the country? The General Accounting Office thinks not, according to USA Today.... more
PeopleNO AGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL FOR FLIGHT ZONES
EL CAIRO, The agreement between Israel and Egypt about flight zones, which would have allowed the aircrafts coming from El Cairo to cross the air corridor to get to Gaza airport, has failed. Israel resolution,taken... more
IndustryAIRCRAFT CARRIER ACCIDENT REVEALED ONLY TODAY.
PACIFIC OCEAN, A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, adopted by American Navy, crashed down from a bridge of a not specified US aircraft carrier. The crash was due to a a mistake in landing. The helicopter landed... more
SecurityGRANNY WILL FLY AROUND THE WORLD BY HELICOPTER
LONDON, Jennifer Murray has just yesterday moved from Weybridge with a Robinson 44 helicopter. She is 59, with three sons and two grand children,and she intends to fly around the world in 86 days. The... more
AirlinesSUSPENDED TWO ALASKAN AIRLINES PILOTS
SEATTLE,USA, Six months of suspension have been suggested for two pilots of Alaskan Airlines. The reason is that even tough oxygen masks for passenger were started up, they kept on flying as the oxygen... more
Sport aviationUN ROTORWAY CONQUISTA ANCORA UNA VOLTA IL GRAND CHAMPION
CHANDLER, ARIZONA,USA, Ancora una volta un elicottero della Rotorway ha vinto il Grand Championship, uno dei maggiori eventi della EEA. Bob Fiorenze, di Winter Park, Florida, ha ottenuto il primo posto... more
AirlinesLA COMPAGNIA DI ELICOTTERI ROBINSON INIZIA IL NUOVO MILLENNIO GUADAGNANDO IL 65 % DEL MERCATO
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, La compagnia di elicotteri Robinson ha inaugurato l'anno 2000 con la vendita di 88 nuovi mezzi nel primo quadrimestre, un enorme aumento delle vendite, superiore al 64% rispetto allo... more
Science and technologyDE PALACIO IS COMING TO ROME ON THE 23RD OF JUNE
BRUXELLES, Airports International Council's annual meeting will take place on the 23rd of june and will be featuring Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of European Commission. The meeting will treat the... more
AirlinesGOLDWIN INTRODUCES ITSELF IN PALERMO
PALERMO, A new airline is coming up in Sicily: It is called Goldwin Airlines and it is going to introduce itself to world press and operators on the 9th of june at fascinating setting of Palazzo dei Normanni... more
Press releaseAIR LITTORAL
ROME, Air Littoral is the first french regional Airline. It owns a fleet of 39 Aircrafts, such as ATR 42-5000 and Fokker. It carries over 4000 passengers each day and its network is based on Nice's and... more
AerospaceSAILING TO THE STARS ON SOLAR WIND
ALABAMA USA, According to NASA scientists within the decade a new and revolutionary propulsion system, an immense and super-lightweight sailing, will be at disposal. It will let the power of solar photons... more
Press releaseILA 2000
BERLINO, La mostra internazionale aerospaziale di ILA 2000 si terrà presso l'aeroporto Schoenefeld di Berlino, zona sud, dal 6 al 12 giugno 2000. L'ILA è in notevole espansione, almeno 2000 metri quadrati d... more
AirlinesSICILIAN INQUIRIES FOR UNDUE REFUNDS
PALERMO, A notorious sicilian aereonautic entrepreneur,Luigi Crispino, ex President of Air Sicilia, is, according to "La Repubblica", in the eye of storm for inquiries by Judiciary Court. According to... more
HelicoptersEH-101 FIRST FLIGHT
VERGIATE, "Cormorant First Flight Ceremony", inauguration of EH-101 helicopter first flight, took place this morning at Agusta's factory of Vergiate (Varese). The helicopter is manufactured by alliance... more
Sport aviationENGLISH MAN TRYING NORTH POLE UNDERTAKING
OSLO, NORWAY, Davis Hempelman Adams, an english man aged 44, just yesterday left Longyearbien, main town of Svalbard isle, in Norway, for a flight of about four days which should allow him to overfly... more
Science and technologyALITALIA SEARCHING FOR A EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP
ROME, According to Adnkronos Press Agency report,Iri's President Piero Gnudi declared Alitalia is searching for a european partnership after the break up of negotiations with Klm. On the contrary he didn't... more
Science and technologySAILING TO THE STARS ON SOLAR WIND
ALABAMA, USA, According to NASA scientists within the decade a new and revolutionary propulsion system, an immense and super-lightweight sailing, will be at disposal. It will let the power of solar photons... more
Science and technologyNEW AIRCRAFTS MATRICULATIONS IN ITALY
ROME, ITALY, New matriculation fligth licences released by Enac during the month of April 2000: AERO CLUB VALLE D'AOSTA -PIPER AIRCRAFT CO.PA-18-150-I-EWAN-STANDARD/ ESERCENTE ESTERO - AGUSTA A109E-11072-EXPORT/... more
Science and technologyAMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT TO CHICAGO INAUGURATION
ROME, American Airlines Company will inaugurate with launching the first Rome-Chicago direct flight. The ceremony, in collaboration with Rome Airports, will take place on the 2nd of june at Leonardo da... more
AccidentsSTILL CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE ULTRALIGHT PASSENGER
VICENZA, Still stable and critical the clinical conditions of the passenger of ultralight crashed last sunday in the wood close to convent it was flying on. It accidentally bumped the convent cross up... more
AerospaceFROM SPACE AGAINST MOSQUITOS
ROME, Able to protect us from mosquitos won't be Star Trek spaceship but a new satellite placed a height of 830 km, which will control areas infested by mosquitos every 2 days. The project of biological... more
Science and technologySTILL HOLLAND FOR ITALY
MILAN, After the break up between Alitalia and Klm, Holland comes forward again to "help" Italy in aereoportual questions connected to Malpensa's hub. According to "De Volkskrant" newspaper Schipol Amsterdam... more
Defense4TH OF JUNE PARADE
ROME, Featuring Head of State and Minister of Defense, Armed Forces parade will take place again after many years in which it was suspended. More than 6000 soldiers will be involved. Significant will be... more
AerospaceNEW SATELLITE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ROME, Eeutelsat, European Organization for Telecommunications, came up with a new satellite that would have the purpose of filling the gap of request towards world market in many developing countries... more
IndustryAPPONTMENTS FOR ALITALIA
ROME, According to "Il Sole 24 ore" newspaper, the national company is going to have soon a replacement at its top head, in case changes are taking place after shareholders meeting on the 16th of june.... more
PeopleENAC IS GOING TO GRANT LICENSES TO TECHNICAL STAFF
ROME, Enac, credited to release licences for technical staff, National Organization for Civil Aviation, received JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities- international organization collecting aereonautical authorities... more
Press releasePOSTPONED MILAN'S STRIKE
MILAN, Sea Spa announces that in the early afternoon received the following communication from Sulta Club. "Sulta proclaimed a widespread national strike against the going into partnership of Agencies... more
Science and technologyGARDA'S AIRPORTS DISTRICT LOSING MORE THAN 2 MILLIONS
VERONA, "Società aeroportuale Valerio Catullo Spa" annual budget has been closed with a debit of 2.241 millions. The previous year budget on the other hand reached a profit almost equal. The loss of traffic... more
AirlinesMERIDIANA CANCELS TWO FLIGHTS TO MILAN
OLBIA, Among 236 booking passengers to Malpensa or Olbia, of two different flights of Meridiana, which had to take off on Sunday evening, only about 50 were boarded on other flights of Company. The others... more
AccidentsTHREE KILLED PEOPLE FOR A SMALL PLANE CRASH CLOSE TO LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, A small plane crashed yesterday in a suburban area killing threee people. The single-engine Piper went down about noon, after taking off from Hawthorne Municipal Airport. The three people... more
Science and technologyATLANTIS RETURNS ON EARTH
CAPE CANAVERAL, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA USA - Space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts returned to earth in the early hours of today. They closed out succesfully the space station repair mission. Throughout... more
IndustryGETTING STARTED FINMECCANICA SHARES PLACING
ROME, Five days for Finmeccanica: today has just started the privatization of italian industrial group, which is going to last until the 2nd of june. For the price of 1,59 euro (a little bit more than... more
Science and technologyPOSTPONED STRIKE FOR BERSANI'S INTERVENTION
ROME, Italian minister of Ttransports Bersani ordered the postponement of the strike organized for the 29th of may by Ena (Flight assistants), in consideration of the high concentration of strikes in that... more
DefenseC17 USA PROPOSAL TO GERMANY
WASHINGTON, Bundeswehr may be soon supported of C17 "Globemaster" american transport planes which US Government would "borrow" to Germany while waiting a european solution to military tactical transport.... more