Marc Joel Atrero

Indonesian government looks to privatise still-grounded Merpati Everyone thought it was dead in the water but apparently there is still life in the battered body of Indonesia’s state-owned domestic carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines. Grounded two years ago with debts of more than A$600 million, crippled by cash flow problems and unable to obtain fuel on

Making hay Qantas gets ratings lift after big first half profit Ratings agency Moody’s has lifted its assessment of Qantas stock back to investment grade, after the airline group delivered a bumper first half profit. On February 23, Qantas reported statutory net profit after tax for the six months to December 31 2015 of $688

Unpacking the Defence White Paper There are plenty of buzzwords and phrases in the new Defence White Paper. “The future force will be more capable, agile and potent,” the executive summary to the Defence White Paper reads. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest

New RAAF recruit is full of hot air Alan says: Could I recommend a whole squadron? That would frighten the crap out of any invading enemy with a heap of big heads coming over the hill! Seriously…. nice work. Qantas to keep 747 fleet at 11, reports record first half profit Neil Hansford says: Whilst

The Defence White Paper outlines a ten-year road map for the acquisition of capabilities and their ‘enablers’ The long-awaited 2016 Defence White Paper released in March has seen the Turnbull federal government commit to a “fully costed” Integrated Investment Program for Defence that will see $195 billion spent over the next 10 years on acquiring

10 Years Ago The Minister for Defence, Dr Brendan Nelson, announced the order of Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft for the RAAF at RAAF Richmond on March 3. The acquisition of three or possibly four new-build aircraft will be obtained through a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract with the USAF. The decision was announced