Journalist of the Year 2009

Presented by the National Aviation Press Club and Australian Aviation

The 2009 National Aviation Press Club’s Aviation Journalist of the Year awards – the aviation media world’s richest awards program – were held on Friday December 4, marking this impressive event’s 10th anniversary.

The 110 guests at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum were entertained by NAPC president Steve Creedy of The Australian and Australian Aviation/Air Transport World/The West Australian’s Geoffrey Thomas with ‘The Decade That Was’, a review of the last 10 years in the aviation industry since the award night’s establishment in 2000. They had plenty to parody, the seemingly endless delays in aircraft programs – both military and civil – airline security, air traffic control delays, the launch of Virgin Blue and the ups and downs at Qantas.