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SecuritySTRICTER INSPECTIONS OVER CATERING SERVICES
ROME, Stricter inspections over food cleanliness, nutrional sticky labels inside the food plants. Italy falls into line with european regolations with a decree of minister of Health emenated last August... more
IndustryBOMBARDIER OPENS NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN CHINA
BEIJING, CHINA, The canadian Bombardier Aerospace opened an Area Spares Distribution centre in Beijing, China, to serve the growing chinese customer market which uses chiefly CRJ200 regional jet and Q400... more
AirlinesIBERIA WISH TO TAKE PART TO BA-KLM PROJECT OF MERGER
MADRID, The spanish airline Iberia wish to enter into BA and Klm, two companies which are planning to merge. Their project of merger still needs the approval of Antitrust European Commission. Iberia... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES INTO THE WATER DURING A RESCUE
TAIWAN, A french made helicopter of Taiwan police spun out of control and crashed into the water about ten metres over a river during a mock river rescue in the southern country of Tainan. Five people... more
AirlinesCANJET STARTS FLIGHTS
HALIFAX, The Halifax based CanJet Airlines began its flight in Eastern Canada connecting Toronto with Halifax, Winnipeg and Ottawa. The airline operates two Boeing 737s and plan to expand its fleet to... more
DefenseIRAQUI ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENSE SHOTS DOWN ANGLOAMERICAN FIGHTER
BAGHDAD, There are still high tensions in the territories of gulf war. The batteries of iraqui anti-aircraft defense, placed in south of Iraq, shot an angloamerican fighter flying in formation over the... more
Science and technologyTHE PERMISSION DENIED TO MINISTER SIMITIS TO FLY OVER YUGOSLAVIAN SKIES: WRONG PROCEDURE OR POLITICAL TENSION ?
ATHENS, The diplomatic incident occurred yesterday in the skies of Yugoslavia regarding the denied permission to premier Costas Simitis to cross over the skies of the balcan country to fly to Onu summit... more
AccidentsKING AIR 200 FLEET UNDER INVESTIGATION
AUSTRALIA, King Air 200 fleet of 60 aircraft went under investigation last year to check the oxygen masks and cabin-altitude alert system. The oxygen system in some of those aircrafts automatically deploy... more
IndustryMD HELICOPTERS WARNS CUSTOMERS OF UNAPPROVED PARTS
MESA, ARIZONA, MD Helicopters released a statement to warn customers of an increase in the number of helicopter parts being sold in the marketplace by unapproved vendors. The danger is that in that... more
AirlinesISO9001 CERTIFICATIONS FOR AIR DOLOMITI
RONCHI DEI LEGIONARI, GORIZIA, The airline based at international airport of Ronchi dei Legionari announced to receive Uni En Iso 9001 certification. It was released by Det Norske Veritas and fixes strict... more
AccidentsDIY TWINJET EXPERIENCE GEAR COLLAPSE
COLORADO USA, A Maverick Twinjet 1500 has experienced a landing gear collapse during a landing on the Pueblo airport with subsequent slide on runway, but without harm for people on board. The pilot has... more
AirlinesTHIRD BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR MIDWEST AIRLINES
KANSAS CITY, USA, The U.S. Midwest Express Airlines has selected Kansas City as its third base of operations for its flights. The other two bases are placed in Omaha and Milwaukee. The airline preferred... more
AerospaceWEATHER AFFECTS SHUTTLE LAUNCH
USA, Bad weather raging on Space Shuttle Atlantis International Space Station could shut the planned launch. U.S. forecasters on wednesday put the odds of good launch weather at 60% to send shuttle into... more
Science and technologyPRISTINA AIRPORT, COLONEL LUCA GORETTI TAKES OFFICE
PRISTINA, Luca Goretti has replaced the italian general Marco Ludovisi at the top management of second aeronautical operative department in Pristina, which handles the air space and the services of the... more
Science and technologyEC PROPOSAL EVOKES REGIONAL AIRLINES IRE
BRUXELLES, A European Commission proposal that could change the way aircrafts take off and land at Europe's largest airports evoked the ire of regional airlines fearful of losing access to their most important... more
AirlinesBLU PANORAMA INVOICES $70 MILLION
ROME, Blu Panorama, owned by Distal for 66%, offers flights to ukrainian city of Kiev and charters to the most popular tourist places distant less than five hours of flight from Italy as Egypt and Red... more
IndustryBOEING GETS FAA APPROVAL FOR BUINESS JET WING EXTENSIONS
SEATTLE, FAA has granted "Supplemental Type Certificate" approval for Aviation Partners Boeing's "blended winglets", upward-swept extensions to airplane wings currently offered on the Boeing Business Jet... more
Industry15,400 NEW AIRCRAFT WORTH USS 1,3 NEEDED OVER NEXT 20 YEARS
TOULOUSE, Almost 15,400 new airliners and freighters valued at US$1,3 trillion will be required by passenger and cargo airlines during the next 20 years. The new was reported by Global Market Forecast... more
PeopleAIRCRAFT COMMANDER REFUS TO EMBARK STOWAWAY FOR SAFETY REASON
FLORENCE, About fifty stowaways have been expelled after they were found out sleeping in some wagons of Leopolda and Cascine railway stations in Florence. Two romanians, who were taken to Peretola airport... more
Science and technologyPEOPLE LIVING AROUND MALPENSA ARE MOVING
MALPENSA, The citizens of some municipal districts, the closest to the airport of Malpensa, have started to move to areas far from noise pollution. The citizens of Ferno, Leonate Pozzuolo and Somma Lombarda... more
AerospaceAMERICAN MILLIONAIRE PAYS TO BE LAUNCHED IN ORBIT WITH MIR SPACE STATION
MOSCOW, Dennis Tito, american millionaire aged 59 was authorized by medical staff of russian Space Agency to begin training that will take him aboard Mir space station. Tito is planning to walk next year... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING IN PEKING FOR AN AIRBUS
PEKING, An Airbus A-340 of Austrian Airlines, carrying 253 passengers, had to make an emergency landing at Peking airport during its flight from Shangai to Vienna. The emergency landing was due to a loss... more
AccidentsPART OF ENGINE FALLS DOWN ON THE GROUND, NOBODY INJURED
JAKARTA, A Boeing 747-300 of Japanese Airlines, flying to Tokyo, lost a part of an engine. The piece, after the explosion of the engine, fell down on the ground in the suburbs of Jakarta, not far from... more
DefenseRUSSIA LOST 23 HELICOPTERS IN CHECHNYA
MOSCOW, Russian agencies reported 23 helicopters were shot down in the combats in Chechnya in last year. It is an hard blow for russian forces. The helicopters shot down by chechnya rebels are 11 Mil Mi-24,... more
HelicoptersROBINSON: 183 NEW HELICOPTERS DELIVERED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, Robinson Helicopter Industry completed the first half of the year delivering a total of 183 new helicopters, 114 model R44 and 69 model R22. The sales went up for both models compared... more
Science and technologyCHINA OPPOSING TO USA SPACE SHIELD
PEKING, Chinese government is aiming at complete abortion of U.S. project of antimissile space shield to carry on the efforts for a world control of weapons and to prevent a world ruled by Usa. President... more
AirlinesISRAEL: EL AL AIRCRAFT WILL FLY THE DAY OF HEBREW REST
JERUSALEM, A twenty years law is going to be broken in Israel, the one regarding El Al flights in the day of hebrew rest. It was announced by the Minister of Transport Amnon Lipkin-Shahak. The decision... more
DefenseTALKS BETWEEN CHINA AND TURKEY FOR MISSILE MANUFACTURING
ANKARA, Turkish minister of Defense Sabahattin Cakmakoglu left Turkey today for a state visit to China to negotiate a missile manufacturing by the two countries. Before leaving Cakmacoglu said bilateral... more
AccidentsFIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FRANCE: TWO PEOPLE DIED
PARIS, A cargo plane, a C-130 Hercules equippped for firefighting by water bombing, has crashed in a mountainous area near the small town of Burzet in the south-eastern France, killing two people and injuring... more
DefenseENGLISH PARACHUTIST IN SENEGAL TO RELEASE SIX SOLDIERS
LONDON, The british government sent 150 parachutists "as a precaution" in the efforts to release the six soldiers captured by rebels in Sierra Leone. A spokesman of Minister of Defense denied a military... more