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PeopleIRAQ REFUSED TO EXTRADITE SAUDI HIJACKERS
BAGHDAD, Iraqi government said yesterday it won't extradite the two hijackers who took control of a Saudi Arabian aircraft flying from Gedda to London last saturday. The new was reported by Ina press... more
PeopleCONCERNS ABOUT JET ENGINES LUBRICANTS
GREAT BRITAIN, According with Liberal Democrat MP Paul Tyler, there is a new hazard for jetliners passengers and crews: it concern the vapours gives off from lubricants, used in jet engines. These vapours... more
PeopleRIAD ASK FOR THE 777 HIJACKERS EXTRADITION
RIAD, SAUDI ARABIA, Appealing to international treaty on air piracy, Riàd has requested the extradition of the two hijackers of the Boeing 777 landed safely at Baghdad airport. Due to rupture of diplomatic... more
PeopleA NEW GARMIN PRODUCT: CANADA MAPS CD
NEW ORLEANS, Garmin International presented its new CD containing Canada maps, compatible with all other GPS-based Garmin products. The new CD feature highly detailed maps up to street-level and navaid... more
PeopleU.S: AIRCRAFTS TO REPLACE CARS IN GARAGES
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN USA, Near Wittman regional airport it's planning the construction of a residential area with 35 houses having garage big enough to pernit pilots park their family airplanes. Many taxiways... more
PeoplePILOT SUSPENDED AFTER BIRD STRIKE
NAMIBIA, After a bird strike has occurred, immediately after take off from Hosea Kutako International Airport, a senior Air Namibia pilot has continued to fly with its Boeing 747-400 to London. For... more
People83% INCREASE IN CHARGES THREAT FOR EUROPEAN AIRLINES
EUROPE, If proposals being considered by Eurocontrol are given the green light, airlines which operate aircraft in Europe up to the size of an Airbus 320 may face average increases of 83% in navigation... more
People"SICK PILOTS" APPEAL LAW COURT
USA, The union representing American Airlines pilots has appealed a Law Court decision against sueing of many passengers for disrupting their travel and holidays. This is the result of 1999 stoppage,... more
PeopleTWO AIR CONTROLLER ON TRIAL
THESSALONIKI, GREECE, Two air-traffic controllers accused to be responsible for an Ukrainian passenger plane crash, occurred in 1997, in which 73 people died, are going to trial at Thessaloniki court,... more
PeopleAIRCRAFT TRAFFIC INCREMENTS UP TO 2004, ACCORDING TO IATA
USA, According with IATA,International Air Transport Association, up to 2004, aircraft traffic will record a growth of 5,6% regarding passengers and 6,7% in cargo sector. Great importance attached to the... more
PeopleEMIRATES AIRCRAFT LANDED IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, An Emirates aircraft, carrying a delegation headed by the minister of Health and aids for iraqi people, landed in Baghdad. It was the first flight coming from a Gulf country to land in Iraq. more
PeopleROMANIA TO PERMIT MILITARY AIRCRAFTS TRANSIT
BUCHAREST, U.S. Defence Department's sources reported Romania has opened its air space to military aircrafts flying from and to Yugoslavia. A Pentagon's spokesman said that, because of the current situation... more
PeopleEUROPEAN COMMISSION ALLOWS STATE AIDS TO OLYMPIC AIRWAYS
BRUSSELS, Sources of European Commission reported the organization granted to greek government the permission to allocate state funds to Olympic, the greek national airline. According to the sources the... more
PeopleIATA CONSIDERS GIANT AIRCRAFTS SUCH AS A3XX AS
SINGAPORE, According to the chief of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Pierre Jeanniot, the introduction of giant aircraft such as Airbus planned A3XX will be a necessity in the next... more
PeopleBA TO SUSPEND PILOTS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSPECTED TO TAKE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS BEFORE BOARDING
LONDRA, British Airways suspended eleven pilots and three flight attendants suspected to take alcoholic drinks before boarding. The disciplinary measure is related to the Tv inquiry conducted by Channel... more
PeopleGREECE: PUT OFF GOVERNMENT PLAN ABOUT PRIVATIZATIONS
ATHENS, The government's privatization plan will be expanded to 18 companies but it will also be partially put off to next year because of the need to raise USD 7 billion. The new was published by the... more
PeopleROYAL AIR MAROC PLANE LANDS AT BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, A Royal Air Maroc's plane landed this morning at Saddam Hussein airport in Baghdad. The flight, the umpteenth to break embargo, was organized by Maroccan Committee supporting Iraq. The plane carried... more
PeopleBERLIN WILL HAVE TO WAIT LONGER FOR ITS FIRST DIRECT U.S. FLIGHT
BERLIN, A Lufthansa spokeman denied recent reports Lufthansa or its U.S. partner, United Airlines, were planning to launch a Berlin-Washington route this fall. He said a direct connection with the United... more
PeopleCAMS ON BOARD TO CHECK VIOLENCE AND TERRORIST ACTS.
WASHINGTON, Icao proped to equip planes with cams to prevent and check the growth of violence and dangerous events on US airliners. The cams would be installed in the the cockpit and passenger cabin, but... more
PeopleSINGLE AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY FOR EUROPE PROPOSED BY UE
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, In order to achieve a common standards for aviation safety throughout all countries of Europe, a single agency has been proposed by the european transports commission. At today, every... more
PeopleNEW PIPER WON APPROVAL FOR MERIDIAN
USA, New Piper Aircraft won FAA certification for the single turboprop Meridian, powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT60-42A turpboprop with 500 shp. New Piper has a backlog of 135 wholesale orders and... more
PeopleWORLD CARGO FLEET WILL DOUBLES IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS
WASHINGTON, D.C., According to the Boeing World Air Cargo Forecast 2000/2001, issued at the Air Cargo Forum 2000 in Washington, D.C., the world's freighter airplane fleet is expected to double during... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA'S HEARING: EUROPEAN AIR TRANSPORT SAFETY
ROMA, "JAA, joint aviation Authorities were created in Europe, un der Ecac's protection, in order to issue the communitarian laws regarding flight safety and the procedures to enforce them". The inspections... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA'S HEARING: WORLD AIR TRANSPORT SAFETY
ROME, "The air crash accruel strongly decreased in about ten years, stabilizing on less than one air crash per one million departures. The percentage is even lower for Western Europe and United States... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA'S HEARING ABOUT AIR TRANSPORT DECONTROL
ROMA, "Air transport decontrol may be pursued in Italy by the enforcement of comunitarian laws which allowed to open routes out of Italy and Europe and to set up a competitive market. In order to support... more
PeopleU.S. PILOTS HAVE TO SOOTHE THEIR SPEAKING ABOARD
WASHINGTON, U.S. airlines banned the use of expressions as "turbolence" (better to say "inconstant air"), "final destination", "fog", "aborted takeoff". Pilots will have to soothe their language to look... more
PeopleFAA AD ON EMBRAER JETS
WASHINGTON, D.C., The Federal Aviation Administration has issued two Airworthiness Directives (AD) regarding Embraer jet airliners ERJ-135 and ERJ-145, in order to verify and modify some parts involving... more
PeopleCOUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE IN LOCKERBIE TRIAL CAST DOUBT ON NEW WITNESS
CAMP ZEIST, THE NETHERLANDS, Counsel for the defense for the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie/Pan Am 103 bombing today have been trying to undermine the credibility of a main witness in the trial behind... more
PeopleFAA UNDER CONGRESS INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D.C., According to United States Congress investigators reports, serious and pervasive problems afflict the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. national agency that runs the nation's... more
PeopleUNITED FLIGHTS ATTENDANTS THREATEN TO DISPRUPT PLANNED MERGER WITH US AIRWAYS
USA, Flights attendants at United Airlines threathned to disprupt the planned merger with US Airways unless demands for higher salaries are met. Many severe service disruptions in the summer already turned... more