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AirportsEU Commission: EUR 22bn investment for the transport sector
Brussels, Belgium - It is the proposal of European Unions' Government in order to strenghten infrastructures and links
European Commission suggested yesterday significant investment for transport and satellite sectors. Within the remarkable efforts aimed to strenghten European Union's infrastructures, EU's government would... more
AirportsAVIONEWS apologizes to its subscribers
Rome, Italy -
AVIONEWS Direction apologyzes to its subscribers for the technical problems - which cannot be ascribed to the Press Agency - which occurred on last Monday and Tuesday just while publishing the news. more
AirportsBush remains on the ground due to a technical failure
Knoxville, Usa - A 757 of President's fleet experienced some problem last Monday at Tennessee's airport
Some problem occurred last Monday for a Boeing 757 of US Presidential fleet at Knoxville Airport, in Tennessee. This airplane, called Air Force One right like the usual 747 but only in case the United... more
AirportsAnnual Rally of European women-pilots recently occurred
Salisburg, Austria - From May 28 to 30
European women-pilots have gathered for their traditional annual rally this time in Salisburg, during the last week-end. Among the several attendees, one has to remember the one regarding eight Italian... more
AirportsAlarm in the area of London’s airport
London, UK - Exchange of shots at Heathrow
Alarm and fear for the security agents of Heathrow last Thursday. The BBC decided, without giving any notice to the agents, to film the scene of a movie nearby the airport; the disappoinment had been... more
AirportsD'Arrigo achieved the objective of flying over Everest
Rome, Italy - The flight lasted 4 hours and half gaining 9000 metres altitude
Angelo D'Arrigo, the hang-gliding multichampion, has achieved with his hang-glider to fly over Mount Everest. Departed from advanced base camp of Syangboche at nearly 4000 metres, and having been towed... more
AirportsVietnam: the last flight for the exserviceman Mechenbier
Washington, USA - The remains of the American soldiers come back home
The General Mechenbier will fly for the last time next week on board of a C-141, known as "Hanoi Taxi", to take back to Usa the remains of American soldiers recently found in Vietnam. The General was... more
AirportsThe flight bringing the Italian Red Cross mission with 14 ill Iraqi children
Rome, Italy - The children will be sorted out in different Italian hospitals
This evening will arrive in Rome, from da Baghdad, 14 ill Iraqi children to be cured in Italian hospital. The humanitarian operation has been organised by Italian Red Cross that in the Iraqi capital city... more
AirportsUSA President Bush bans most exports to Syria
Washington, USA - These sanctions will regard US overflying for Syrian aircraft
President Bush is tightening the US economic squeeze on Syria with a ban on all American exports to the Arab country except food and medicine. The sanctions regard Syrian air flight ban over US territories,... more
AirportsTwo S. Koreans charged with illegal supply export to China
Bridgeport, USA - They organised a supplies traffic using ghost companies
Kwonhwan Park and Sung-Ryul Chun, two Korean nationals, are accused, by Federal prosecutors in New Haven, of illegally shipped a pair of Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk helicopter engines, using Malaysian and... more
AirportsFbi and British Intelligence didn't believe to the terrorist that predict 9/11
London, UK - Buck-passing between Fbi and British Intelligence
There is a confrontation between Fbi and British intelligence about former British waiter that was trained from al Qaeda for 9/11. In 2000 spring a 29 year old man, once arrived in the USA, went to the... more
AirportsAn Italian bought the Concorde nose for EUR 170,000
Rome, Italy - 6122 lots of the famous jet to auction
The auction for the sale of 6122 lots belonging to the Concorde, organized in the UK, last four days. Many bidders took part in the auction even via the internet. The typical cone-shaped nose of the famous... more
AirportsPolly, the female pilot flying around the world, arrived in Rome
Rome, Italy - Onboard a Piper, the 60-year-old English woman flies for charity
Polly Vacher, the 59-year-old English female pilot who has undertaken her second flight around the world, landed this morning in Rome. In 2001 the woman, a pilot since 1994, had already flown around the... more
AirportsConcorde left from London onboard a barge
London, UK - The aircraft, deprived of its wings and nose, will reach Edinburgh via sea
The G-boaa Concorde left yesterday from London onboard a purpose-made barge (worth about USD 14m), where it was placed, after being deprived of its wings and nose, in order to ship it via sea to Edinburgh,... more
AirportsPrince of Spain Felipe searched in Miami
Miami, USA - Spanish authorities irritated for the "unfair" treatment
He had only given six hour notice instead of the 72 required. In spite of that, Prince Felipe of Spain, with his girlfriend, Leitizia Ortiz, and four bodyguards, thought he would pass through checks without... more
AirportsLost baggage for the Afghan national team at Rome-Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - The players were also detained by authorities unsure about their visas
A long wait last Wednesday at Rome-Fiumicino for the players of the Afghan national football team, in Italy to play a match versus the Tuscany regional government team and another versus Verona. The footballers... more
AirportsAVIONEWS wishes everybody an Happy Easter
Rome, Italy - The press agency will open again next Tuesday
AVIONEWS' Director and its editorial staff wish everybody a Happy Easter. The press agency will reopen next Tuesday, April 13. more
AirportsLaunched College Italia, the national under 20 basketball team of the Italian Air Force
Rome, Italy - By joining the team, young athletes will be able to gain some precious experience
The Italian Air Force aids young basketball players, who often do not have the chance to gain experience, by establishing College Italia, based in Vigna di Valle, near Rome, which will invite the best... more
AirportsConcorde travel on barge delayed due to Thames tides
London, UK - The last British Airways Concorde to be transported to Edinburgh
The last British Air Concorde is about to be transported from London to Edinburgh onboard a huge purpose-built barge. The travel has been delayed to 12 April, though, due to high tides in the Thames. The... more
AirportsTwo 60-year-old female pilots fly from Chile to Switzerland via Africa
Geneva, Switzerland - The undertaking had never been achieved by any woman
Madeleine Dupont, 60, a civil pilot for 15 years and Maria Eliana Christen, 63, a pilot for 30 years, arrived in Geneva yesterday afternoon at 4.45pm onboard a single-engine plane after having flown over... more
AirportsLost baggage must be compensated for according to convention even though the contents are expensive
Milan, Italy - This was the decision of Milan's Civil Court
According to a decision pronounced by Milan's Civil Court, in case of lost air baggage, passengers will be compensated according to the limits established by the Warsaw convention even if the items it... more
Airports9/11: the Al Qaeda plans were known before attacks
Washington, USA - An Fbi former translator revealed it
The US government knew about Al Qaeda's plans before 11 September. Former Fbi translator, Sibel Edmonds, revealed it in an interview with British newspaper "The Indipendent". According to the ex-translator,... more
AirportsBrindisi to host United Nations humanitarian aid air service
Brindisi, Italia - It will operate towards the most needy areas in the world
A new airplane issued to Humanitarian Response Depot local unit operating on the behalf of United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) will perform its tasks from Brindisi. A IL-76 will be employed by Brindisi... more
Airports68-year-old German man lands in US airbase by mistake
Bitburg, Germany - He risked to be shot down
A retired 68-year-old man took a big risk yesterday when, onboard a small tourism aircraft, he landed at the American military airbase in Spangdahlem, Germany, one of the largest in the Country. The amateur... more
AirportsStroke risk for long-range flights passengers
London, UK - The so-called economy class sindrome can lead to more serious malfunctions
It is known that spending many hours seated on uncomfortable airplane seats can cause the so-called economy class sindrome, also known as dtv or deep vein thrombosis. What most people did not suspect,... more
Airports4.4 pounds of drug in the stomach: saved and arrested by the "GdF" of Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Finishes in this way his "business trip"
A distinguished Nigerian man has been today arrested by the "Guardia di Finanza" of the anti-drug Squad of Fiumicino, for possession of more than four pounds of heroin. The man, officially in business... more
AirportsA small UAV is being used by an American private company in order to face illegal immigration
Mexico City, Mexico - Harsh protest by Mexican population living nearby USA's bound
A small UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), with the size of a small airplane model replica, would be used by a US private company for monitoring illegal immigrants movements constantly trying to cross American... more
AirportsA new website for the Gripen International
Stockholm, Sweden - In the graphic, images and in an ease navigation
Gripen International is pleased to announce the launch of its new, re-designed, website www.gripen.com. The website, which features new design, graphic content and imagery driven by Gripen International's... more
AirportsAVIONEWS apologizes with its subscribers for the interruption of the news publication of yesterday afternoon
Rome, Italy - The causes, indipendent from its will
AVIONEWS apologizes with its subscribers and readers for the lacked news publication of yesterday afternoon, independent from its will. more
AirportsThe book 'Racconti in volo' published by Lake Garda airports
Trento, Italy - It already is a rarity because it is not on sale
Verona-Catullo and Brescia-D'Annunzio airports have published a rare collection of short stories written between 1999 and the end of 2003 for the magazine 'Catullo News', with the title 'Racconti in volo'... more