Italy
Menzies and AGS team up in Italy
Menzies Aviation and AGS Handling have formed a partnership to provide ground services at three airports in Italy
New Ryanair base at Turin Airport
The airline will operate more than 123 departing flights per week from its new hub
Dubai Airports commends Italy’s quarantine-free travel measure for UAE
Obtaining a negative Covid-19 test is now the only requirement needed to travel between the two countries
Italian MoD contracts Piaggio to support P-180 fleets
Piaggio Aerospace has been contracted by the Italian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide maintenance support for P-180s employed across the nation’s armed forces.
Leonardo M-345 gains Italian certification
Italy’s Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA, the Italian Ministry of Defence’s certification authority) has issued initial certification for Leonardo’s M-345 advanced jet training aircraft.
51° Stormo steps up for Italian QRA duties
The Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) has officially added 51° Stormo (51st Wing) as one of its Eurofighter units responsible for conducting national quick reaction alert (QRA) operations.
Russian Candids assist in Italy
Russian military specialists and equipment were transported to Italy to assist in the fight against the coronavirus on March 22-23.
Air Italy in Voluntary Liquidation
Air Italy ceased operations with immediate effect on February 11 after its shareholders, Alisarda and Qatar Airways through AQA Holding, chose to liquidate the company citing “persistent and structural market problems”.
Piaggio Aerospace to support Italian ICH-47F engines
Piaggio Aerospace has announced that it's been contracted by the Ministero della Difesa (Italian Ministry of Defence) to provide technical-logistic engine support for the Esercito Italiano's (Italian Army) ICH-47F Chinook fleet.
Leonardo demonstrates radar sensing concept for Tempest
Leonardo UK has demonstrated the performance of new radar receiver/warner technology as part of the UK-led Team Tempest programme.
NATO's first RQ-4D arrives at Sigonella
The first of five Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for NATO has arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy.
Italy joins Tempest
ITALY HAS become the second partner nation to join the UK’s Tempest sixth-generation fighter project.