Marc Joel Atrero

Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage’s plans to flower in the Alice Springs desert Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage, Australia’s unique aviation “boneyard”, is preparing for the second stage of its expansion program. It expects to start additional bays for aircraft on its Alice Springs Airport lease by early in 2017. This content is available exclusively to Australian

The ADF is playing catch-up when it comes to introducing armed unmanned aircraft The assessment of Australia’s progress in adopting unmanned systems for military purposes was blunt. “We are probably about eight to 10 years behind where we need to be, certainly in Air Force in some of those cases, and we will be working

Information dominance in the cyber age   Several months ago, Defence Minister Marise Payne acknowledged that the greater Australia’s reliance on information systems, the greater the potential risk from cyber attacks. Consequently, the government has provided for significant investment in capabilities to safeguard critical agencies and infrastructure against cyber attack. This content is available exclusively

The end of one era and the beginning of another at Cathay Pacific   In the same month when Cathay Pacific retired its last passenger Boeing 747, the Hong Kong carrier also announced that it will refit its Boeing 777 fleet with 10-abreast economy class seating, adding an extra passenger in every row. Cathay cites

Aircraft tyres are big business There’s no doubt about it. Tyres don’t get the recognition they deserve. Particularly aviation tyres. After all, the 22 tyres on an Airbus A380 have to hit the runway at between 135 knots, or 250 km/h, bearing a bit over 390 tonnes in weight (takeoff weight is actually 560 tonnes)

Pilots can be their own worst enemy   It would seem that just about everything we do in commercial aviation is associated with a verified procedure or checklist – lines drawn in the sand that may be bent only when the pilot-in-command has a very real reason to do so. Rather than being unduly restrictive,