Marc Joel Atrero

  Leonardo appoints Toll Helicopters to deliver sim and training services Toll Helicopters has become the sole Leonardo authorised training centre for the Australasian region after signing agreements with Finmeccanica’s helicopter division to deliver a full suite of AW139 pilot training packages using a newly-installed AW139 full-flight simulator (FFS). This content is available exclusively to

Australian company One Atmosphere is taking an innovative approach to helicopter buoyancy systems Tasmania may not be front of mind when thinking of leading edge aviation developments. But a new ‘post-impact’ buoyancy system for helicopters is putting the island-state well and truly in the spotlight. This is thanks to Tasmania being the main development location

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