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Civil aviationUS carriers: open letter to President Trump on an Air Italy issue
Asked for an intervention to protect American workers -ATTACHMENT
On the flights between Italy and the United States opened by Air Italy airline -held 49% by Qatar Airways- the debate is getting hotter, so much so that Doug Parker, Ed Bastian and Oscar Munoz -CEO of... more
Civil aviationBoeing. Muilenburg: "B-737 MAX aircraft ready for new certification"
Software upgrade completed and completely efficient
In a video on the "Twitter" account, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg explained that the company "is making steady progress towards certification of the B-737 MAX aircraft". The plane has been updated with... more
Civil aviationUsa-Ue: limitare i diritti operativi a Air Italy un potenziale problema?
Lettera inviata da JetBlue, FedEx e Atlas Air
Stando a quanto scritto in una lettera inviata al segretario di Stato Mike Pomepo e al segretario dei Trasporti Elaine Chao, i vettori aerei JetBlue Airways, FedEx e Atlas Air si sono detti molto preoccupati... more
Civil aviationBoeing: simulator training for the "new" MCAS would not be needed
Consideration present in the draft of the technical report
In the draft of the report of the Flight Standardization Board (FSB) appointed by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) -according to the US press- it would advise to train pilots "on the anti-stall... more
Civil aviationChina: CAAC will establish a pool of technicians to check B-737 MAX updates
Request for new certification presented on March 15th
The Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) will establish -according to the local press- a task force of technical specialists to analyze all the changes made to the Boeing B-737 MAX aircraft, after... more
Civil aviationAci Europe. Statement on the report on the future ATM
The press release issued by the European airport trade association
Europe’s airport trade association is reacting to the report delivered yesterday to the European Commission by the ‘Wise Persons Group’, which sets out recommendations on the future of air traffic manag... more
Civil aviationDominica becomes ICAO’s 193rd Member State
Following its official adherence to the Chicago Convention
Dominica (Country in the Caribbean island) has now become the 193rd Member State of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) following its official adherence to the Convention on International... more
Civil aviationE-195E2 aircraft granted certification by three agencies
Performance improvements - TECHNICAL SHEET
At a ceremony held yesterday at the Company's facilities in São José dos Campos, Embraer received the Type Certificate for the E-195E2 from three regulatory authorities: ANAC, the Brazilian Civil Aviation A... more
Civil aviationAviation report. EC calls for action to reduce delays and address capacity issues in the EU
The document includes ten recommendations on the future of ATM in Europe -ATTACHMENT
The European Commission received yesterday recommendations by high-level aviation experts on the future of air traffic management in Europe. The so-called “wise persons group” was set up by the Commission to... more
Civil aviationBoeing-FAA: few funds at the base of the synergistic relationship
Impossible certifications without the help of the company's engineers
Despite the criticisms advanced towards the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) for how the certification of the Boeing B-737 MAX plane was actually carried out -according to the US press- the relationship... more
Civil aviationCALC-CSA Leasing: first collaboration completed on old aircraft portfolio
Delivery of three airplanes and one airframe
CALC (China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited) announced that the Group has completed an old aircraft portfolio delivery of three aircraft and one airframe from China Southern Air Leasing Limited... more
Civil aviationFAA: today meeting with the three US carriers users of the B-737 MAX
Pilot unions will also be present
The FAA technicians (Federal Aviation Administration) and the three main US companies that have the Boeing B-737 MAX aircraft in the fleet, namely American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines,... more
Civil aviationIndia: appeal to the Supreme Court over the Dassault Rafale order accepted
Criticism continues for the operation desired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The Supreme Court of India will examine new evidence regarding a possible external interference in the $ 8.7 billion deal signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with France for the purchase of 36 Dassault... more
Civil aviationDelta. Bastian: "Interested in the possible future midsized aircraft of Boeing"
No comment on the possible investment in Alitalia
The Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines Ed Bastian speaking at a press conference in Atlanta yesterday said that he was confident that Boeing will solve the B-737 MAX automatic anti-stalling system... more
Civil aviationRussia offers the Sukhoi Su-57 to China?
Beijing will probably reject - DATA SHEET
Russia is trying to sell the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 fighter plane to China, despite the fact that Beijing's industries have already developed two Shenyang FC-31 and Chengdu J-20 stealth aircraft... more
Civil aviationBoeing: Chinese order was not suspended
It would be stopped due to the overall grounding of the B-737 MAX
From the China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) came the denial to the words of President Chen Shuang reported by the "South China Morning Post" (see AVIONEWS), underlining how his statements were misrepresented... more
Civil aviationBoeing (2): suspended order for 100 B-737 MAX from Chinese Group
It will remain so until the new airworthiness certification
The order from 100 aircraft Boeing B-737 MAX made by China Aircraft Leasing Group would have been suspended by the same Chinese Group, after the two disasters that occurred to two models B-737 MAX 8 of... more
Civil aviationAirplane and transport. Risk of strike in Spain
Trade union agitation scheduled for 20 April
Two of the main Spanish trade unions -the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) and the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT)- could soon organize a strike for airport employees, who would cross their arms starting o... more
Civil aviationAire: States deny passengers and airlines needed improvements in the European sky
The targets set for the coming five years fail to address that the ATM capacity
Aire (Airlines International Representation in Europe) communicates today in a note that the Member States of the European Union (EU) have adopted last week Air Traffic Management (ATM) performance targets... more
Civil aviation2019 marks 10 years since the launch of the ACA programme
An update on the latest developments
As this year’s ACI Asia-Pacific & World Annual General Assembly (WAGA) takes place in Hong Kong, Airports Council International provided an update on the latest developments among the community of 264 ai... more
Civil aviationIATA (2). Passenger demand moderates in February
International and domestic markets
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February 2019 showing total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 5.3%, compared to February 2018. This... more
Civil aviationAircraft and transport in Italy. The strikes scheduled for April 13th
In addition, a national protest will take place tomorrow for all day for taxis
MIT (Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport) released the strikes in April, particularly in the aircraft and transport sector.Meanwhile tomorrow, on April 3, 2019 Usb-Taxi/Uritaxi/Uri/Orsa Taxi/Uti/Unica... more
Civil aviationHNA will be sold the aircraft catering company
Agreement close to $ 3 billion
There is also the control of the catering of the airlines between the various sales that the HNA Group is doing to try to return to the huge billionaire debt accumulated over the years. The Hainan-based... more
Civil aviationB-737 MAX: Easa certification explained how to deal with the problem with the anti-stall system?
No mention of flight manuals? -ATTACHMENT
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) would have certified the Boeing B-737 MAX as safe since the additional training and procedures imposed by Boeing would "explain clearly" to pilots how to deal... more
Civil aviationBoeing (2). Elwell: "FAA would need 1.8 billion dollars for certifications"
The Senate will prepare a law to prohibit making optional of security systems -VIDEO
While Boeing presented the new software for the B-737 MAX aircraft, yesterday the United States Senate held hearings by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell, of... more
Civil aviationUSA: today hearing in the Senate for the Boeing B-737 MAX aircraft
The FAA acting administration and the president of the NTSB will speak
While today Boeing will present the software update for the B-737 MAX aircraft, US senators will conduct a hearing with the FAA's interim administrator (Federal Aviation Administration) Daniel Elwell (see... more
Civil aviationSouthwest Airlines: engine problem of a B-737 MAX 8 aircraft
Emergency landing shortly after take-off
New problem for a Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft of Southwest Airlines that yesterday had to make an emergency landing at Orlando airport, from where it took off for Victorville in California. A repositioning... more
Civil aviationFAA will change the aviation safety approach by July 2019
Dan Elwell will ask for a reform to evolve the institution
Tomorrow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Dan Elwell will conduct a hearing before the Senate subcommittee on trade during which he will talk about when Boeing B-737 MAX planes... more
Civil aviationBoeing: anti-stall system will be deactivated in case of different readings
Rumors about some improvements to the B-737 MAX software
Among the software corrections made (see AVIONEWS) from Boeing to its B-737 MAX planes -according to rumors reported by the US press- there will be a modification that automatically deactivates the anti-stall... more
Civil aviationB-737 MAX: China suspends request for aircraft airworthiness certification
A team of experts will be sent by CAAC to check the status of the investigation
After being the first regulatory agency to ground Boeing B-737 MAX aircraft, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) decided to suspend also the aircraft airworthiness certification since there... more