Marc Joel Atrero

Big data comes to tail planning and disruption management Before the invention of the modern electronic spreadsheet, bookkeepers manually pencilled in line items in grids on paper ledgers so large they had to be laid out on long tables. And any changes to the numbers would involve erasing out whole columns of data for recalculation.

The connected airport of the future The day before a flight, a passenger’s watch taps her on the wrist to remind her to check in, and also offers her a discount on her favourite whisky in duty free. On the way to the airport, her self-driving car receives information that the south bag drop and

The Australia, New Caledonia, NZ & PNG business jet fleet as of October 31 2016   Bizjet deliveries to the region totalled 20, the same number delivered in the previous 12 months. Departures totalled 15, which again was one more than in the previous 12 months. As a result the bizjet fleet in our region

Despite its challenges, Australia remains a friendly environment for business aviation There are many well-documented challenges about the difficulties of operating business jets in Australia, from curfews to customs and border processing and slot availability at busy times. Despite all of this, there is much to be pleased about the way the nation’s airports, air

Canberra Airport goes international The arrival of Canberra’s first widebody international airline service in September marks the denouement of the remarkable transformation of Canberra Airport since its privatisation less than two decades ago. What was once a rudimentary airstrip laid down in the mid-1920s in the middle of a sheep paddock is now a world-class

The centenary of Australia’s first squadrons In 2016 we pause to celebrate the centenary of Australia’s first flying squadrons: Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps and Royal Australian Air Force. Formed between January and October 1916, these first four flying squadrons were the units that captured the spirit of the original