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AirlinesLufthansa halves losses
It quadruples passengers carried compared to first quarter 2021
German carrier Lufthansa announced its financial results for the first quarter of the year in recent hours. The figures show that there has been a marked recovery in the last 12 months, despite the disruption... more

Civil aviationRussia: test flights for May 9 air parade
Military planes over the skies of Moscow for the Victory Day against Nazism
The Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport (Favt) has announced the closure of the airspace over Moscow on May 4 and 7 (with reserve options for May 5 and 6) from 9:40am to 11:20am. The purpose is to... more

Finance and economyUS investment giant bets on aerotaxis
Bank estimates that two companies will bill 1 trillion dollars
The US investment bank JP Morgan sets eye on eVtol air cabs (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft) produced by the American start-ups Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation, specialized in the development... more

AirlinesITA Airways: two in the data room
Msc-Lufthansa and Certares Fund are already inside, binding offers within end of May
Two of the three parties interested in buying the national airline ITA Airways accessed the airline's data room yesterday. The two are: the US Certares Fund in partnership with the carriers Air France-Klm... more

CargoAircraft and transport. IATA: war in Ukraine and Omicron weigh on cargo
Several factors in the operating environment should be noted
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released March 2022 data for global air cargo markets showing a drop in demand. The effects of Omicron in Asia, the Russia – Ukraine war and a challenging o... more

AirlinesSpirit Airlines says no to JetBlue
Confirmed the agreement by mid-2022 with Frontier Airlines
The US low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has announced that it has rejected a 3.6 billion dollar acquisition bid offered by rival American airline JetBlue. This rejection confirms the company's intention... more

Civil aviationUSA: 70,000 pilots attacked by lasers
According to the FAA data based on complaints collected from 2010 to 2021
After the 9700 attacks with lasers against aircraft, recorded during 2021, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the increase in cases is linked to a number of concomitant factors: from... more

DefenseDraghi's speech to the Europarliament
"War is a humanitarian, security, energy, economic crisis. Italy is working on a diplomatic solution"
The President of the Italian Council of Ministers, Mario Draghi, spoke today for the first time in his career at the plenary assembly of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where he spoke about the... more

DefenseUkrainian conflict: evacuation in Mariupol
Kiev warns that continued military attacks are hampering operations
At the start this morning the resumption of evacuation operations of civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, besieged for weeks by the Russian Army, which seeks to take full possession to ensure... more

DefenseIsrael: 10,000 posts of incitement to terrorism removed
April result on national cybersecurity agency monitoring
Israel's Government offices for cybersecurity announced in recent hours that police requested and obtained the removal of over 10,000 posts of incitement to terrorism published in April on social networks.... more



AirlinesQantas confirms future Airbus aircraft fleet
The carrier chose the A-350, A-220 and A-321 airplanes
Australia’s Qantas Group has confirmed that it will order 12 A-350/1000s, 20 A-220s and 20 A-321XLRs. The news was announced at a ceremony in Sydney attended by Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce and Airbus C... more

AirportsUkrainian conflict: Odessa airport attacked
Moscow reports that the runway and a hangar have been destroyed, confirmation from Kiev
The airport of Odessa has been hit in these days by a series of missile raids carried out also with Onyx rockets, thant, according to Moscow destroyed a runway and a hangar. The confirmation comes in part... more

AerospaceRussia will leave International Space Station
Rogozin (Roscosmos): "On the exact date we will warn our partners in advance"
The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that it will end prematurely the international collaboration on board the International Space Station (ISS) in recent hours. It is a decision that is the direct... more

AirlinesAVIONEWS interviews Robert Carey of Wizz Air
The president talks about the expansion of the airline -VIDEO
Wizz Air, Hungarian airline, has achieved great results in recent years. Its constantly expanding routes form a network of very important connections also for Italian tourism. With a fleet that is under... more

AirlinesAeroitalia: a new Italian style company
AVIONEWS interviews the team -VIDEO
Green and red are the new black. These are the colors of Aeroitalia, a new italian style company, that very soon will become part of the civil aviation market in the coming months. AVIONEWS was present... more

AirportsRussia extends closure of 11 airports
Stops until May 7 due to war in Ukraine
The Federal Agency for Air Transport of Russia (Rosaviatsia) has extended until May 7 the closure of 11 airports located in the central and southern part of the country. These airports have been closed... more

AirportsItalian ENAV: contract signed with the Qatar Aviation Authority
The company supports the Country for the "Fifa World Cup"
ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance company), as part of its non-regulated business, has signed a contract with the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority to support Qatar's air traffic management during the "2022... more

DefenseUkrainian conflict: London sends arms and soldiers
Tanks, armored vehicles and about 8000 soldiers for joint exercise in Eastern Europe
The government of London has disposed the dispatch of armaments and approximately 8000 soldiers in the eastern Europe in order to take part to military exercises. The men of Her Majesty's Armed Forces... more

CuriositiesUkrainian war: Moscow deploys military dolphins
Animals defending Russian ships detected by US satellite system
The Russian Army has deployed military dolphins in the Black Sea to protect the Navy fleet. This is not the first time this has happened. History is full of similar events and already in 2012 they were... more

AerospaceSamantha Cristoforetti (2): what she will make on the ISS
Scientific experiments will one day allow man to reach Mars
The Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti from tonight is on board the International Space Station (ISS) along with 11 other people. The crew will conduct scientific research in various fields: from... more



IndustryFincantieri: second corvette for Qatar delivered
The flight deck and hangar are sized for hosting one NH-90 helicopter
The delivery of the corvette “Damsah”, the second of the Al Zubarah-class of four vessels ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took pla... more

DefenseUkrainian war: Putin's weapons
Moscow threatens to use tools never seen: among these submarines and missiles
In recent hours Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a warning to the Western world: Moscow "will respond with tools that no one has and we will use them if necessary. They must know that there... more

AerospaceSamantha Cristoforetti is on the ISS
The docking to the International Space Station in the Italian night
The Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti docked this night at 1:40 Italian time the International Space Station (ISS), on board of which there are now a total of... more

AirlinesITA-Airbus partner to develop Urban Air Mobility in Italy
For the eVtol, electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing, CityAirbus NextGen
Airbus and ITA Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in Italy. The two companies will explore the creation of tailored UAM services, by identifying... more

DefenseUkrainian war: Italian weapons in Kiev
Soon second decree to authorize self-propelled, tracked and armored vehicles
Italy is ready to send a new tranche of armaments to support Kiev in the war against Russia. Rome aligns itself to the request of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and prepares a second decree... more

AerospaceStart of the space mission with Samantha Cristoforetti
Launched rocket that will bring tonight astronaut aboard the ISS
It took off at 9:53am Italian time from Kennedy Space Center, in the United States, the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Italian astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Samantha Cristoforetti. The mission... more

DefenseItaly ready to send F-35 aircraft to Iceland
Mission falls within the framework of NATO activities
The Government of Italy is ready to deploy some F-35A Lockheed Martin military aircraft of the Air Force in Iceland. The mission, which is expected to last two months, is part of the air policing activities... more

AirportsMunich Airport: dynamic traffic growth paves way out of crisis
The results during an annual press conference of today
In fiscal year 2021, traffic development at Munich Airport was still heavily influenced by the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. At 12.5 million, the number of passengers at the airport increased... more

AccidentsEgyptAir plane crash: pilots were smoking in the cabin
According to French report aircraft crashed into sea due to fire caused by oxygen leakage
A document sent to the Paris court of appeal about a month ago would shed new light on the Paris-Cairo air link (flight MS804), operated by EgyptAir with A-320 aircraft, which had crashed in the Mediterranean... more

DefenseSigonella command to Aaron Shoemaker
Next Friday ceremony alternation with Kevin Pickard who will leave
Ship commander Kevin Pickard leaves his place to his homologous Aaron Shoemaker, who takes command of the US Air Force Station Sigonella, located in the Sicilian territory of Lentini, in the province of... more