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AirportsNew name for the Brussels airport
Brussels , Italy - It will be called "Brussels International Airport"
The Brussels airport has been renewed and its name has been changed. From Friday the Belgian airport is called "Brussels International Airport", and has got a new logo, blue and grey, which according to... more
AirportsThe SULT ADR strike is postponed to November 29
Rome, Italy - Against the sale of ADR Handling to Flight Care
A change of date, from November 17 to 29, for the 8-hour strike, from 10am to 6pm, by SULT Aeroporti di Roma against the sale of ADR Handling -ground assistance company at Rome-Fiumicino and Rome-Ciampino... more
AirportsThe Slovakian Government blocked the Bratislava airport privatization
Bratislava, Slovakia - The largest Slovakian airport was due to be purchased by the Austrian Flughafen Wien
The Slovakian Government has decided to stop the sale of the largest national airport, the Bratislava airport, to the Austrian airport operator Flughafen Wien. The deal seemed to be near to a conclusion... more
AirportsIndonesia airports are closed because of the fires
Jakarta, Indonesia - It is several days the flames in the forests are causing the cancellation of many flights
The Indonesian authorities have been forced yesterday to close several airports because of the fires burning in the forests. The economical damage risks to be important and the moment is not one of the... more
AirportsThe new "El Catey" Airport in Samanà
Samanà, Dominican Republic - It is ready but it will be opened next November 1st
The new "El Catey" Airport in Samanà, Dominican Republic, will open next November 1st. The infrastructures are ready and were thought to welcome any kind of aircraft, solving logistic limitations of the... more
AirportsEADS (2): agreement with SITA in handling sector
Paris, France - Integrated airport radio systems and data transfer IT solutions
Integrated airport radio systems and data transfer IT solutions supporting handling and passenger management operations: this is the theme of the agreement between EADS and SITA that has been just signed.... more
AirportsSelf-service check-in at the Geneva airport
Geneva, Switzerland - The new Cuss stands will allow passengers to make by themselves the chek-in operations
The Geneva international airport and the SITA (company which provides technological supports for transport management) have signed a deal to place special self-service check-in stands in the airport. The... more
AirportsComing check-in at San Francisco airport
San Francisco, USA - General Electric is testing a new iper-technologic system
A sensors network to find explosive in luggage, iris and fingerprint scan to identify passengers, algorithms to calculate potential menace of every traveller. That is not a science fiction film, but a... more
Airports60kg of cocaine at Rome-Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - They were found in two trolleys by a drug dog
The Financial Police of Rome-Fiumicino airport made a maxi-seizure of pure cocaine: 60 kilos from which about 300 kilos of drug would have been obtained with a market value of some EUR 40m. A new drug... more
AirportsElectronic bracelet in airports
London, United Kingdom - The system will be tested in Debrecen
Researchers from the University College London (UCL), in the field of an Optag project financed by the European Union, are searching for the possibility to endow passengers in airports with an electronic... more
Airports"Marco Polo City". Bianchi: a convincing project
Venice, Italy - The Italian Transport Minister at SAVE General States
Italian Transport Minister Alessandro Bianchi said he is convinced that SAVE's master plan, the project of the "Marco Polo City" by the managing company of the Venice airport, is good. The plan, which... more
AirportsEU rejected the SEAP development plan
Brussels, Belgium - Reserves on Ryanair were melted
The SEAP (Aeroporti di Puglia SpA) plan for the development of new routes to European destinations, approved by Puglia region and by the Italian Government, has been rejected by the EU Transport Commisison,... more
Airports"Al Jazeera" shows a video with bin Laden and two kamikaze of the attempts of September 11, 2001
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Document about the daily life of the Al Qaeda's fighters
At three days by the anniversary of the September 11 2001’s attempts against the USA, the "Al Jazeera" television yesterday evening showed the images of bin Laden and two kamikaze. The video said the p... more
AirportsAirfix, the company that produces airplane models is failed
London, United Kingdom - It's been in crisis since long time, now has suspended production. In the sixties the children were excited for its models
The Airfix, the manufacturer of the planes models, was founded in 1939 by Nicholas Kove, and has reached the top of success in fifties and sixties when it began to produce kit to assemble models of second... more
AirportsIt will be soon out "World Trade Center", the Oliver Stone's movie about September 11
Washington, Usa - The terrorist attack that destroyed the Twin Towers is undertaken once again after "United 93"
It will be soon on the cinemas of all the world "World Trade Center", the last movie of Oliver Stone, that this time undertakes the event of the terrorist attack to the Twin Towers of September 11, 2001.... more
AirportsEditorial staff's message
Rome, Italy - Technical problems
Because of technical problems to the web not attributable to AVIONEWS, today the authorization of the news broadcast by our agency has been postponed. The Direction and the editorial unit apologize with... more
AirportsElections in Congo (2): the last 170 soldiers of German contingent departed yesterday
Berlin, Germany - They'll reach the troops of European command in Congo
For the first time the European Union has sent its own military contingent in Africa, and for the first time since the end of the second world war Germany sets foot on African ground with its army forces.... more
AirportsElections in Congo: Tuscan delegation among the international observers
Florence, Italy - They will be in charge of supervising the regular carrying out of voting
The cooperation councillor of Tuscany Region, Massimo Toschi, has announced last Friday in Florence that a delegation of eight Tuscan people will leave to Congo, with the task to supervise the democratic... more
AirportsChina donates to Bangladesh weather gears
Dacca, Bangladesh - New developments in the weather industry
Last Tuesday, during ceremony for signature of a bilateral deal between China and Bangladesh, Chinese Weather Administration donated a lot of satellite weather gears to Weather Department of Bangladesh.... more
AirportsTechnical damage
Rome, Italy -
AVIONEWS apologizes because of the unwilling late in the news’ publication, due to a technical damage. more
AirportseasyJet and Meetic: the singles in Summer prefer the seaside and they travel low-cost
Milan, Italy - For a week-end European ones choose Rome and Paris, the Italians Madrid and Ibiza
"Meetic, the first dating on-line portal in Europe, and easyJet, the low-cost carrier, present the inquiry ’Where do the singles go on holiday?’. The enquiry, conducted on a sample between 18 and 55 yea... more
AirportsD'Arrigo won the Laureus Awards as "Best Athlete for Alternative Sport"
Barcelona, Spain - Awards also to Valentino Rossi and Flavio Briatore
Yesterday evening in Barcelona, with the presence of the King of Spain Juan Carlos, the Laureus Awards took place, a manifestation which rewards the champions of all the sports. Among the people who received... more
AirportsMeeting of the Military Sport International Council
Rome, Italy - The umpteenth occasion to talk about Defense finances
The opening ceremony of the 61st Military Sport International Council meeting, the organization which involves 127 Countries from 4 continents and which will manage the world championship in India next... more
AirportsAVIONEWS wishes a Happy Easter and Easter Monday to everybody
Rome, Italy - The press agency will re-open next Tuesday, April 18, 2006
AVIONEWS wishes a Happy Easter and Easter Monday to everybody. The press agency to open again next Tuesday, April 18, 2006, with the normal news publishing. more
AirportsTourism. Barcelona: increasing presences but hotels on the rocks
Barcelona, Spain - 10% decreasing revPar and employment
Easter holidays bookings have confirmed positive trend registered by Barcelona for the last years. Increasingly favourite destination for young (and not only) people among European cities, the Catalan... more
AirportsPassengers want internet in flight
Washington, USA - This is what emerges from a research by Connexion by Boeing
A research commissioned by Connexion by Boeing (the company providing on-line connections on airplanes of several airlines) to Burke Research Institute, and made on 3200 travellers in the second half of... more
AirportsAn airplane with a NASA radar on board in order to study Arctic snow
Washington, USA - The mission is starting in the next days
A NASA mission in Arctic Circle is in program since March to half April in order to study climatic changes and understand their effects on local fauna. A new radar mounted on board of an airplane will... more
AirportsMilan's Porta Garibaldi Station has a new look
Milan, Italy - Yesterday the new station released in collaboration with SAVE was launched
The new Milan’s Porta Garibaldi Station was launched yesterday, after the restyling directed by "Centostazioni", the company shared by "Ferrovie dello Stato" and a network leaded by "Aeroporto di Venezia M... more
AirportsSteve Fossett broke another closed-circuit flight record
Salina, USA - It will take some time before the record becomes official
The American billionaire Steve Fossett broke a new record. The flight started March 14 from Salina, Kansas, and ended three days after (see AVIONEWS for details), but official times are still unknown,... more
AirportsSteve Fosset attempts to break closed-circuit flight record
Salina, USA - The adventurer left for the second trip around the globe
The American millionaire adventurer Steve Fosset took off from a Salina airport, Kansas, yesterday at 6:40 am (local time) on board of a Virgin Atlantic "GlobalFlyer". The journey will take him back to... more