Civil aviationAircraft and transport. Italian MIT: reduction to 4 hours for tomorrow's...
All in the time slot 1pm-5pm
By order, the Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Paola De Micheli, in implementation of article 8 of the law of 12 June 1990, no. 146 and subsequent amendments, ordered the reduction, from... more
Civil aviationB-737 plane crashed. Iran: we will download black boxes data
It may take a month or two to extract the information
Iran declared today its intention to download the black box recordings from the Ukraine Airlines plane crashed in Tehran causing the death of the 176 people on board (see AVIONEWS).Canada has announced... more
AerospaceEutelsat Konnect now in orbit
It is the all-electric telecommunication satellite -VIDEO
The all-electric EUTELSAT KONNECT telecommunications satellite has been successfully launched by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana (South America). It was b... more
AirportsAci Europe. Passenger traffic decelerates in November
By +1.7% - ATTACHMENT
European airport trade body ACI EUROPE today released its latest air traffic report for November 2019.Passenger traffic across the European airport network grew by +1.7%, marking a further deceleration... more
Science and technologyAirbus demonstrates fully automatic vision-based take-off
The crew comprises of pilots, flight test engineers and test flight engineer
Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an its Family test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two pilots, two flight test... more
Finance and economyUS-China truce: consequences for Europe and emerging countries
Could we find squeezed between two fronts?
After the US-China agreement (see AVIONEWS), analysts fear that the ghost of tariffs will move to Europe or emerging countries. Sylvain Broyer, chief economist of the rating agency "Standard and Poor's",... more
ReportNew Chinese disease: "low" danger in the EU?
Three airports connected directly to the affected city
A mysterious disease has affected the city of Wuhan in China, and the concern that the virus reaches Europe as three airports are directly connected with the metropolis and there are also indirect connections... more
Civil aviationToyota will create flying taxis with Joby Aviation
Aircraft transport is a goal of the Japanese company
Toyota will invest $ 394 million in Joby Aviation, an aerospace start-up based in California for the development of a new flying taxi. Joby Aviation and NASA also designed the X-57 Maxwell, an experimental... more
AirlinesUnited Kingdom: response to EU complaint to rescue Flybe
Today discussion in the House of Commons on the operation, suspected state aid
The British government's response came following a complaint filed to the European Union by several companies including British Airways and Irish Air Lingus regarding the rescue operation of the local... more
AirportsLibya-Turkey: "Instabul will teach Haftar a lesson"
Considerations on the sidelines of the new meeting in Istanbul with Sarraj
According to "Al Arabiya" on Sunday 19 January, Libyan general Khalifa Haftar will take part in the Berlin conference on Libya. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj returned after 2 days to Istanbul... more
AerospaceTurkey: soon the first national production satellite in space
Erdogan and the economic growth of Ankara
The first Turkish-made communications satellite will be launched into orbit in 2021. The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced this during the programmatic speech in which he exposed the economic... more
SecurityUnited States: worrying number of weapons discovered at airports
278 in the nation involved
In 2019, the United States reached a record number of weapons discovered at airside controls. David Pekoske, administrator of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said: "The growing increase in... more
AirlinesCalc welcomes its B-787 Dreamliner aircraft
It received its first batch of two units
Calc announces that it has successfully received its first batch of two B-787 Dreamliner passenger jets directly purchased from the US company.The arrival of the B-787 Dreamliner passenger jets marks a... more
IndustryDaher logs sales of 68 turboprop aircraft in 2019
From its TBM and Kodiak product lines
Daher today announced the 2019 business results for its expanded turboprop-powered aircraft family, with the company logging sales of 48 TBMs in the TBM 910 and TBM 940 versions, along with 20 Kodiak 100... more
AirportsFrankfurt Airport: over 70.5m passengers in 2019, despite slower gr...
Most of Fraport's Group airports worldwide also performed well
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) served more than 70.5 million passengers in 2019 - achieving a new all-time record by exceeding the 70-million mark for the first time in a calendar year. Compared to the previous... more
PeopleEnrico Palermo appointed Virgin Galactic’s COO
Effective immediately
Virgin Galactic Holdings, an aerospace company, announced the appointment of Enrico Palermo as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for... more
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Civil aviationAircraft and transport. Italian MIT: reduction to 4 hours for tomorrow's...
All in the time slot 1pm-5pm
By order, the Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Paola De Micheli, in implementation of article 8 of the law of 12 June 1990, no. 146 and subsequent amendments, ordered the reduction, from... more
ReportB-737 plane shot down in Iran: was it hit by two missiles?
And the nuclear deal is increasingly at risk - VIDEO
The thriller of the Ukrainian plane shot down in Iran is complicated: a second video would show that the B-737 would have been hit by two missiles and then crashed causing the death of 176 people. Iran... more
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Giuseppe Bono Chairman and Hervé Guillou member of the Board
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And robust cargo demand
A new record 4.1 billion passengers were carried by the aviation industry on scheduled services in 2017, according to the preliminary figures released yesterday by the International Civil Aviation Organization... more
CuriositiesMarriage on a Latam plane: the Pope officiated it
The pontiff married steward and hostess with religious rite
On the occasion of his papal trip to Chile, flying between Santiago and Iquique more
AccidentsRussia: collision in flight between two Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft
The pilots would have been ejected
Civil aviationIndia: obligatory to inspect the engines of the A-320neo aircraft every...
Attempt to avoid problems for passenger safety
