Marc Joel Atrero

Decision-making in a dynamic environment The recent ‘East Coast Low’ weather event was less than ideal for aviation. The intense low pressure system crept southward stirring up the big winds and the big wet with dramatic effect. Towns were flooded, coastlines washed away and all forms of transport thrown into chaos. As always, aviation was

Deterrence and the F-111   The F-111 arguably was Australia’s single most significant defence capability. For almost 40 years, the aircraft’s ability to strike with precision at very long range – to create a deterrent effect – was well-understood throughout our region, if rarely mentioned overtly. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Cut-throat shorter generations in business class   After standing in Qantas’s secret Sydney passenger experience base talking to head of customer product and service development Phil Capps about the details in the airline’s new business suite (see AA January/February 2016), I said the airline had “hit a firm six”. This content is available exclusively to

Australian aviation news & views Restructuring for “sustainable growth” Virgin taps shareholders for $852 million in fresh capital, plans to withdraw some ATR turboprops and E190 jets Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti says the $852 million in fresh capital to come from existing shareholders will be used to pay down debt and strengthen the

The Virgin Australia transformation is largely complete, now for the financial transformation Just the day before Virgin Australia tapped its shareholders to the tune of $852 million, Qantas announced it had finished returning $500 million to its own shareholders via a share buyback. That’s a pretty stark illustration of the financial situation of Australia’s two

Qantas completes $500m share buyback, eyes further shareholder returns John says: Well, well, well. Abbott was right. The Coalition government did not need to sink huge amounts of cash into a business that could sort itself out. Let governments govern and let business get on with business. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation