Pondělí, 16 prosince 2002 - 02:35 PM 8.11.2002 Greece is the first NATO member to be officially interested in L-159 light combat aircraft made by Aero Vodochody. The Greek delegation headed by deputy defence minister Lazaros Latidis visited the Czech Republic in late October.

Pondělí, 16 prosince 2002 - 02:32 PM 7.11.2002 Two Slovak MiG-29 fighters crashed in the region of Hnilčík, ca. 12 km from Spišská Nová Ves. One of the pilots successfully ejected, but the pilot of the other aircraft, thirty-nine year old Major Marián Katuška, was found dead the next morning lying among the wreckage of his aircraft. více...

Pondělí, 16 prosince 2002 - 02:30 PM 7.11.2002 The 10th annual Czech International Air Fest (CIAF) is set to take place next year one week later than usual on Sept. 6 - 7. The date of the festival was moved up so as not to conflict with the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Polish air force, planned for the last weekend in August. více...

Pondělí, 16 prosince 2002 - 01:44 PM 6.11.2002 Czech engine manufacturer Walter, a. s, is preparing to take the North American market by storm. Early next year they want to begin working full speed on a project to install their own turbo-prop engines in older, American-made King Air aircraft as well as other types. During next year at least eight King Air aircraft should be converted.

Pondělí, 16 prosince 2002 - 01:39 PM 2.11.2002 An L-39 Albatros training aircraft belonging to the Slovak army crashed near the East Slovakian community of Kalša, between Košice and Trebišov, shortly before noon of 29th October. No one was injured in the accident. According to preliminary information the accident was caused by a technical malfunction. více...

Úterý, 26 listopadu 2002 - 02:55 PM 1.11.2002 - Five or six Czech insurance companies are considering the establishment of a Czech flight pool, within whose framework the member insurers would provide flight insurance. The start - up date is contingent upon agreement between the insurers as well as the results of negotiations with state authorities which would have to give approval to the consortium.

Úterý, 26 listopadu 2002 - 02:44 PM 28.10.2002 - A prototype of the multipurpose high-wing WF600W, developed by the Vulcanair corporation of Naples, is now undergoing ground testing. On the aircraft are an Avia Propeller and a Walter M601F engine, which will be replaced on the production aircraft with model M601F-11, which was specially modified for this application. více...

Úterý, 26 listopadu 2002 - 02:40 PM 25.10.2002 - Jan Vachek, commander of the airbase in Náměšť nad Oslavou, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by President Václav Havel. At the beginning of December Vachek is also to be named Commander of the Air Force of the Czech Republic.

Úterý, 26 listopadu 2002 - 02:38 PM 2.11.2002 - Czech Airlines will not change its flight schedule or disrupt service because of the September NATO summit. On the contrary, the corporation is prepared in the case of higher demand to add flights and is willing to take on additional workers if necessary.

Úterý, 26 listopadu 2002 - 02:37 PM 1.11.2002 - The České Budějovice town council has provided the Hosín airport with 200,000 crowns and wants to cooperate with regional authorities to find a viable solution to maintain international service at the airport. It is urgently necessary to find a long-term financial plan to maintain the license for the only international airport in the southern part of the Czech Republic.

Pondělí, 4 listopadu 2002 - 11:47 AM 7.10.2002 The official presentation of the L-610 aircraft took place on the South Korean island of Cheju at the end of September. Czech participants in the event included the L-610 project´s chief designer, the president of ALV, a representative of the Ministry of Industry & Trade, and the Czech Republic´s ambassador to South Korea. více...

Pondělí, 4 listopadu 2002 - 11:42 AM 7.10.2002 A Czech Air Force Mi-24 helicopter collided with electric lines near the air base in Náměšť nad Oslavou. The helicopter was monitoring the Dukovany nuclear power plant´s air space. No serious damage or injuries were caused by the accident. The crew reported the accident after landing in Náměšť.

Pondělí, 4 listopadu 2002 - 11:31 AM 1.10. 2002 - SkyEurope Airlines has opened a new regular route between Bratislava and Munich, with which the company has widened the Slovak Republic´s connection with European Union countries. Germany is the sond EU nation with a direct air connection to Slovakia. A route to Berlin should be in operation from October 15, 2002, with connections to Košice and Poprad.

Pondělí, 4 listopadu 2002 - 11:28 AM 26.9.2002 - In spite of the Czech government´s definitive decision not to acquire 24 new JAS-39 Gripen fighters for the time being, representatives of the British-Swedish consortium BAE Systems/SAAB announced that the already begun compensation programmes have not been stopped. Spokesman for the British firm John Neilson stated that nearly twenty offsets are approved and the consortium wants to continue in them.

Středa, 23 října 2002 - 02:10 PM The aviation industry of our country came into being in 1918, just after Czechoslovakia was formed as an independent nation. Having passed through modest conditions in the beginning, it soon became one of the key industrial branches. The Second World War suspended its expansion, but when the war was over, a new era of its development started in new conditions. (... long article about czech aviation industry) více...

Pondělí, 21 října 2002 - 10:50 AM 21.9.2002 - The second annual Czech FAI World Grand Prix in aerobatic flying is scheduled to be organized at the Hradec Králové airport in May or June of next year. The first Grand Prix was held last year at the Brno airport. The Czech Air Force Benevolent Fund’s Agency which is in charge of organizing the event wants to focus all its organizational activities next year on this airport.

Pondělí, 21 října 2002 - 10:40 AM 17.9.2002 - Prague´s Ruzyně Airport cleared 4.283 million passengers during the first eight months of this year, which represents a y/y increase of 1.8 percent. Airport operator ČSL recorded a three-percent increase in cleared passengers from January to July, while the number of passengers cleared at Ruzyně Airport in the month of July was up five percent compared to 2001. August however saw a drop in cleared passengers of 4.1 percent.

Pondělí, 21 října 2002 - 10:39 AM 17.9.2002 - Czech Defence Minister Jaroslav Tvrdík received assurances from the United States that it would provide India with guarantees for Aero L-159B light combat aircraft. India is requesting guarantees for supplies of spare parts throughout the entire lifetime of the aircraft.

Pondělí, 21 října 2002 - 10:34 AM 11.9.2002 - A new historical aircraft museum was created at the former military airport in Hradec Králové. The first ten exhibits can be viewed by visitors in August 2003. "Work on the aviation museum is continuing. The construction will begin in winter and the first exhibits will then be installed in spring," announced the project´s author and director of Albatros Air, Martin Kindernay. Costs to build the museum should amount to 80 million CZK.

Pondělí, 21 října 2002 - 10:32 AM 8.9.2002 -The sond annual International Martin Stáhalík Memorial was held on a sunny Saturday, Sept. 8 at Příbram’s Dlouhá Lhota airport attracting tens of thousands of spectators. In addition to the traditional family of Treners performing their flyovers the programme also featured the third prototype of the Ae 270 Ibis turboprop aircraft, an ultra-light replica of an Avia BH-1exp, an R-22 helicopter, an L-200 Morava aircraft and L-13 Blaník gliders. více...

Pátek, 11 října 2002 - 03:05 PM 3.9.2002 Czech Airlines (ČSA) recorded a 50 percent drop in passengers flying to Prague during the sond half of August due to the floods. According to statements by ČSA the decline was caused by the fact that the situation in the Czech Republic was portrayed abroad much more dramatically than it in fact really was.

Pátek, 11 října 2002 - 03:01 PM 30.8.2002 Czech and German soldiers began training exercises in Hradiště area in the Doupov mountains focusing on liquidating terrorist camps. In addition to ground forces the exercises also made use of L159 aircraft, Tornado aircraft of the German army, Mi-24 and Mi-17 helicopters as well as German CH-53s.

Pátek, 11 října 2002 - 03:00 PM 28.8.2002 Prime minister Vladimír Špidla praised selected pilots of the combat helicopter squadron from Přerov, who won a prestigious competition of specialists of the North Atlantic Alliance in early July in Portugal. The pilots took home the Silver Tiger Trophy for best tiger airmen of NATO. At the Prostějov airport Špidla presented the group of four pilots with watches and financial remuneration for representing their country. více...

Pátek, 11 října 2002 - 02:58 PM 28.8.2002 The Sliač 1st Air Base was the sight of festivities on the occasion of naming the Air Base in honour of General Otto Smik. This took place during regional celebrations of the 58th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising in the cities of Zvolen, Sliač and Banská Bystrica. více...

Čtvrtek, 3 října 2002 - 09:42 AM 27.8.2002 Industry & Trade Minister Jiří Rusnok flew to India on a four-day business trip together with Antonín Jakubše, president of the largest Czech aircraft factory Aero Vodochody. Rusnok met with politicians and company representatives in India. Aero Vodochody is interested in supplying the Indian air force with 66 L159B light combat and training aircraft.

Čtvrtek, 3 října 2002 - 09:39 AM 24.8.2002 Military helicopters have transported a total of 1618 people to safety from the worst flood-stricken areas. The helicopters spent 423 hours of flying time on 835 flights. The army dispatched to the anti-flood operation 20 helicopters including Mi-17s, W-3A Sokols and Mi-24s and one special L-410FG airplane to photograph the area. více...

Čtvrtek, 3 října 2002 - 09:36 AM 23.8.2002 The Slovak army is working on a new model of the air force that will be fully compatible with NATO forces. The entire reform should be completed by 2006, when all army stions will achieve the standards of NATO armies. Slovak Air Force commander Jozef Dunaj reported this at a press conference on the occasion of training small air units of the British RAF and the Slovak air force at the Sliač air base. více...

Čtvrtek, 3 října 2002 - 09:33 AM 20.8.2002 The Czech army is preparing to sell in the near future 190 tanks and 47 aircraft which it has recently removed from its arsenal. Soldiers are putting up for sale 21 Suchoj Su-25K combat aircraft that were removed just last December. více...

Sobota, 14 září 2002 - 06:38 AM The planned purchase of new supersonic fighter aircraft for the Czech air force, discussed since 1997, which was to be the largest ever contract in the Czech army's history, was definitively turned down by the government on Wednesday. více...

Pondělí, 9 září 2002 - 04:36 PM 14.8.2002 Military helicopters have now transported 131 people to safety from flood afflicted areas in South Bohemia, while 41 people were evacuated in the West Bohemia region. Four army helicopters also operated over Prague. The helicopters took part in transporting humanitarian aid to afflicted areas as well. více...

Pondělí, 9 září 2002 - 04:34 PM 14.8.2002 Engine supply company LOM expects growth of revenues this year up to 400 mil. CZK., while they registered revenues last year of approximately 300 mil. CZK. "This increase in revenues should be achieved through an increase of repairs of jet engines for foreign customers and export of our own production of piston engines," commented the company´s director Vladimír Zasadil. více...

Pondělí, 9 září 2002 - 04:31 PM 10.8.2002 ČSA had an increase in number of passengers of 8.4 % to 1.439 mil. passengers for the first six months of this year. There was an increase in utilized capacity of aircraft of 0.8 of a percentage point to 70.4 %. From January to June the national air carrier transported 8377 tonnes of goods and mail, which was 6.7 % more than last year.

Pondělí, 9 září 2002 - 04:30 PM 6.8.2002 Slovak Airlines increased their profit one-third to 11.1 mil. SKK in the first half year of this year. The airline’s operating profit for the first six months y/y rose more than double to 29.67 mil. SKK. During the first half-year the airline made a total of 726 flights and transported 42,792 passengers, including 27,014 passengers on charter routes.

Čtvrtek, 22 srpna 2002 - 03:05 PM 3.7.2002 Slovak defence minister Jozef Stank and the general manager and chief designer from the company RSK-MIG, Nikolaj F. Nikitin, reached an agreement on repairs of 18 MiG-29 aircraft. Finance needed for the repairs worth 13.2 mil. USD for this year are to be earmarked from settlement of Russian debt. The Slovak side is to pay 1.3 mil. USD directly.

Čtvrtek, 22 srpna 2002 - 03:01 PM 1.-4.7.2002 A presentation of an Antonov An-70 four-engine transport plane was held in the Czech Republic. A prototype was introduced Tuesday at the Kbely air base in rainy weather in a ground and air demonstration. According to the intergovernmental agreement concluded in mid-April of this year between the Czech Republic and Russia, the Czech airforce is to take over three such planes from 2005 to 2006 as part of the settlement of Russian debt.

Čtvrtek, 22 srpna 2002 - 02:58 PM 27.6.2002 Slovak Airlines christened a new addition to its technical fleet in Košice. The Boeing 737-300 received the designation of OM-AAD and is named after the city of Košice. The company has begun replacing its aircraft, which will end by farewell to its Tupolev Tu-154Ms. více...

Čtvrtek, 22 srpna 2002 - 02:54 PM 26.6.2002 Work on developing the VUT 100 sport plane for civil and military missions was completed at the Technical University in Brno. The single-engine craft has a wing span of 10.2 meters, all metal construction and retractable landing gear, reaches a maximum speed of 310 km/h and has a range of up to 2000 km. více...

Čtvrtek, 22 srpna 2002 - 02:51 PM 19.6.2002 A replica of a Metoděj Vlach monoplane from 1912 made its maiden flight at the Mladá Boleslav airport. The plane was christened by the grandson of the original plane´s designer, Zdeněk Vlach, and taking his seat in the cabin was pilot Jan Rýdl, who presented the plane to the public on June 30 at the "Day of Period Aviation" in Mladá Boleslav.

Středa, 24 července 2002 - 09:26 AM 19.6.2002 An MiG-29 fighter of the Slovak Air Force caught fire at the air base in Sliač. The pilot noticed the flames coming out of the engine shortly before the take-off. After the fire warning by the board computer he switched off both engines and left the plane. The fire was put out by the ground-based emergency service in co-operation with the civil fire brigade of the city of Zvolen.

Středa, 24 července 2002 - 09:23 AM 14.6.2002 It is probable that since the year 2005 The Czech Republic will probably be, at least for temporal time, without own supersonic aircrafts. This is the interpretation of the Minister of Defense Jaroslav Tvrdík regarding the decision of the Czech Chamber of Deputies that did not pass the proposal to finance the air-fighters from the privatization earnings. "To finance the further modernization of the obsolete MiG-21s is a way to the hell," said Tvrdík.

Středa, 24 července 2002 - 09:21 AM 13.6.2002 The Otrokovice Moravian-Aeroplanes delivered ten Zlin-242Ls to the Mexican Navy. The firm has been negotiating the deliveries of additional approximately ten aircraft for the other units of the army. The price of a plane is 200 000 USD (appr. 6.4 mil CZK). The enterprise has been negotiating the deliveries of the Zlin aircraft to Bolivia and Ecuador as well.

Středa, 24 července 2002 - 09:18 AM 11.6.2002 The daily MF Dnes stated that . One anonymous diplomat said that the chance of Aero are high and the agreement with the Czech Republic is about to be signed. The value of the contract is estimated at 230 billion CZK. více...

Středa, 24 července 2002 - 09:13 AM 10.6.2002 The army pilots demand a clear perspective, they are ready to fly also with subsonic L-159 planes. The chairman of the Senate Committee for Defense Michael Žantovský informed the journalists about this fact in connection with his meeting with 150 military pilots at the base in Čáslav. Nevertheless according to the statement of the commander of the air base in Čáslav Jiří Verner, the pilots still prefer the purchase of Gripens.

Úterý, 9 července 2002 - 10:38 AM The decision on how to finance the purchase of 24 new Jas-39 Gripen fighter jets will be made only after this weekend's elections as the Chamber of Deputies failed to override the Senate rejection of the bill to finance the purchase through profits from privatisation today. The bill failed to pass by one vote. The Senate rejected the bill at the end of May. více...

Úterý, 9 července 2002 - 10:04 AM 31.5.2002 After more than four hours of debate, the senate rejected the proposal to purchase JAS-39 Gripen fighters for more than 60 billion crowns. Of the 77 senators present, 45 voted against the purchase.

Úterý, 9 července 2002 - 10:03 AM 2.6.2002 The Kunovice Aircraft Factories plan to produce at least 50 Z-400 aircraft per year. The development of the aircraft, which has passed its first flight tests, lasted 1 year and cost between 2 and 3 million US dollars. Serial production is expected to begin next year, or in 2004 at the latest. více...

Úterý, 9 července 2002 - 10:01 AM 1.6.2002 A prototype of the L-159B (no.6073) new jet trainer made its first flight from the factory airfield in Vodochody. The plane, piloted by Aero head test pilot Ing. Miroslav Schützner and test pilot Rostislav Stroin, took off shortly after 3pm and flew for approximately one hour. více...

Úterý, 9 července 2002 - 10:00 AM 30.5.2002 ČSA added the 20th Boeing 737 to its fleet, bringing its total number of aircraft to 31. Along with the twenty Boeing 737s, ČSA operates two Airbus A310s and nine ATR 42 and 72 turboprops.

Úterý, 9 července 2002 - 09:44 AM 28.5.2002 Czech Aircraft Works (CAW) of Staré Město near Uherské Hradiště plans to produce approximately 200 ultralight airplanes this year with the technical assistance of BAE Systems , a British partner of Gripen. The present annual production capacity of CAW is 100 planes but in the future they expect to produce approximately 300 planes per year. více...

Pondělí, 17 června 2002 - 02:06 PM 23.-26.5.2002 The international festival of the airplane films was held in four cinemas in Prague. It offered approximately a hundred of the feature and documentary films. The part of the festival program was also a meeting of the most successful pursuit pilots from both sides of the frontline and 160 Czech pilots who used the catapult seat to save their lives. více...

Pondělí, 17 června 2002 - 02:04 PM 23.5.2002 The fighter-bomber Su-22s were flying over the air basis in Náměšť nad Oslavou for the last time. Two hours before the noon the last two single-seat Su-22M4 and one two-seat Su-22UM3K took off in order to fly after the passage flight to the air-basis in Přerov where they are deposited in a declared site. Then there was the official beginning of their successor L-159A. The number of these planes dislocated in Náměšt is to reach 36 planes gradually.

Pondělí, 17 června 2002 - 01:54 PM 22.5.2002 The Slovak government approved the draft of the international agreement with the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland on the co-operation in modernisation of the Mi-24 battle helicopters. The objective is to prolong their lifetime by 35 years including the boarding systems. více...

Pondělí, 17 června 2002 - 01:50 PM 22.5.2002 The management of the company Aero Vodochody had discussions with the Indian delegation on the possible export of L-159B aircraft. The decision is expected within 3 to 6 months. India intends to purchase 66 aeroplanes in the first stage, the unofficial information states that the country is interested in 300 to 400 planes. více...

Pondělí, 17 června 2002 - 01:47 PM 22.5.2002 The Czech Airports Authority (ČSL) has leased the regional airport in Brno-Tuřany to the stock company Airport Brno from 1.7.2002. The airport infrastructure itself remained under the state control. Last year 128,000 travellers and 1,000 tons of goods was dispatched at this airport.