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PeopleIATA: LACK OF INFORMATION WOULD HAVE PERMITTED THE U.S. ATTACKS
MONTREAL, CANADA, Accoridng to general director of IATA, International Air Transport Association, the lack of information has been one of the principal causes of the attack in the United States two weeks... more
PeopleTRAVELLERS WITH MIDDLE EASTERN NAMES INVITED OFF US AIRPLANES
USA, According to a FAA reports, several pilots and crew of some U.S. airlines have ordered off aircraft passengers with Middle Eastern names or appearance. According to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination... more
PeopleTHREE MAJOR JAPANESE AIRLINES ASK GOV'T AIDS
TOKYO, JAPAN, Japan Air Lines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Air System asked to Japanese government to give aids in order to face the heavy situation raised after U.S. facts, which is jeopardizing the... more
PeopleMAN ARRESTED FOR HAVE CARRIED A BOX CUTTERS ON AN AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO HIS WIFE
PHILADELPHIA, USA, A man, Dennis Knaus, 59, has been arrested by FBI after smuggling box cutters on a plane in Philadelphia, only to show his wife it wasn't safe to fly. When onboard, he have called his... more
PeopleUS PILOTS WANT TO BE ARMED IN FLIGHT
USA, Acconding to Air Line Pilots Association, Alpa, unions are pressing for federal legislation that would allow pilots to carry firearms in cockpits, to prevent hijackings. Union spokesman John Mazor... more
PeopleBOX CUTTERS FOUND ON AIRCRAFT PARKED NEAR THOSE HIJACKED ON SEPTEMBER 11
USA, According Charles Miller, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman, FBI investigators have found some box cutters concealed in some aircrafts parked near those that was hijacked by terrorists on September... more
PeopleAUGMENTED SECURITY MEASURES IN EUROPEAN AIRPORT, BUT, WITHOUT UNIFORMITY
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to an ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization, report, European airports are tightening security following last week's terrorist attacks in the United States,... more
PeopleUK PILOTS ASK FOR A BETTER SECURITY
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to a Balpa, British Airline Pilots' Association, spokesman, the Airline pilots in the United Kingdom are calling on the Government to bring forward a high-tech new... more
PeopleU.S. DOD GROUNDS ALL ''FARMERS'' AIRCRAFTS
WASHINGTON, USA, The U.S. Defense Department has "precautionally" grounded all aircrafts normally used for agricoltural field insecticide spraying to avoid danger that they could be used for biochemical... more
PeopleU.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISE AGAINST TRAVEL RISKS
WASHINGTON, USA, The Department of State diffused an advice that warns U.S. citizens to evaluate carefully the implications for their security and safety before deciding to travel to Pakistan. The current... more
PeopleAFTER ATTACKS (3): EU CONSIDERS POSSIBILITY TO GIVE FINANCIAL AIDS TO ARILINE
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According a declaration of Didier Reynders, current president of EU Finance and Economy Ministers, also European Community could consider possibility to give a financial aid to the airline... more
PeopleAFTER ATTACKS: U.S. GOVERNMENT PAY ATTENTION IN AIRLINES HELPS ANNOUNCEMENT
USA, Claire Buchan, President Bush spokeswoman, informing media about government support at airlines in difficulties, due to the recent attacks, avoided to say that Bush administration is favourable to... more
PeopleU.S. AIRLINES HOPES IN A GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
WASHINGTON, USA, According to U.S. government members, all airlines, which have declared their heavy losses due to the attacks, are waiting a law, from Washington, able to support the air transport sector. All... more
PeopleUSA ATTACKS: TALEBAN CLOSES THEIR AIRSPACE
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, According a Tagikistan diplomatic information, Afghan Taleban have closed their airspace to all flights including humanitarian ones. Taleban threats to shoot down every aircraft which... more
PeopleISRAEL REOPENS ITS AIR SPACE
JERUSALEM, Isralei Transport Ministry said in a statement that the country's air space is to be gradually reopened. It was closed to all flights except for the ones operated by El Al after terrorist attacks... more
PeopleSOON THE .AERO SUFFIX TO POINT OUT THE AVIATION INTERNET SITES
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, According Louis Touton, law advisor of the Icann, the organization which develop the procedures for the names assigning in Internet, declared that soon could be implemented the suffix... more
PeopleFIRST SUKHOI PASSENGER JET TAKES FLIGHT
RUSSIA, The first Sukhoi passenger aircraft, the Su-80, has successfully made its maiden flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Far East, in Russia. The plane carries 35 passengers or 8 tons of cargo and... more
PeoplePASSENGER RECORD IN FLIGHTS FROM AND TO AUSTRALIA
PERTH, AUSTRALIA, According to the latest figures from the Federal Department of Transport, about 17 million passengers flew to and from Australia in the year to April, setting a new record and 10 percent... more
PeoplePERU WANTS DRUG FLIGHTS TO BE RESUMED
PERU, Peruvian government said it plans to urge U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to resume the anti-drug flights. Also colombian president Pastrana urged Washington to restart the interdiction program... more
PeopleCONCORDE: BILLION TO ONE CHANCE OF A NEW CRASH
LONDON, Mike Bell, the CAA's head of design and production standards, said there is less than a one in a billion chance Concorde will crash again. He added that "with the new tyre not being able to rupture... more
PeopleAFGHANISTAN: TALEBANI LOOK TO CLOSE THEIR COUNTRY AIRSPACE
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, According to local sources, Talebani, the Coranic students of afghanistan, are thinking to close the airspace of their country to all foreign airlines flights due to lack of funds to... more
PeopleTRANSEX SUES UNITED AIRLINES OVER CLOTHES ROW
USA, A United Airlines passenger, the passport of whom at "sex" reported "male", was ordered off the plane and told to change into men's clothing. Why? The passenger the name of whom on the passport... more
PeopleVIRUS SPREADS ON JETLINERS
CANADA, Professor Martin Hocking told a London conference that Poor air quality in passenger aircraft is leading to the spread of diseases and particularly TB. "The risk of exposure to airborne diseases... more
PeopleTESTS ALSO FOR CONCORDE PILOTS
PARIS, FRANCE, After the satisfactorily tests conducted by British Airways and Air France, also the pilots who fly the sole currently operated civil supersonic aircraft of the world are under test: in... more
PeoplePRIVATE AIRLINE TO RESUME FLIGHTS BETWEEN SYRIA AND IRAQ
DAMASCUS, A private airline will resume daily flights between Damascus and Baghdad from next Saturday, syrian official sources reported. The service between the two countries had been suspended in... more
PeopleALMOST READY TO FLY THE CONCORDE
PARIS, FRANCE, According to declarations of French Transport Minister, Jean-Claude Gayssot, relased a month ago, the return to sky for the concorde is am etter of weeks. In effects, both carrier which... more
PeopleDELTA TO COMPENSATE PASSENGER FOR LANDING TRAUMA
USA, Katy Weaver, a Montana woman who suffered emotional trauma during an emergency landing aboard a Delta Air Lines flight in 1996 was awarded $1.25 million in damages by a jury. A Delta MD-11 jet... more
PeopleUS WARPLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN KUWAIT
KUWAIT, A U.S Boeing Co C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft landed safely in Kuwait early on Thursday after one of its engines caught fire. The accident was reported by al-Rai al-Aam newspaper.... more
PeopleAIR ALFA LICENSE REVOKED TODAY
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Tourism Commissioner near the Communitary European Commission declared that today has been officially revoked the Air Alfa travel agency license. more
PeopleSTILL PESTICIDES ON JETLINERS: UNITED AIRLINES SUED BY A FLIGHT ASSISTANT
USA, U.S. United Airlines has been sued by a flight attendant Susan Matthews claiming to have suffered health damage due to insect pesticides that are sprayed on planes serving Australia and New Zealand. This... more