Marc Joel Atrero

The Embraer E2 is a substantial overhaul of the popular E-Jet family It’s an exciting time to be building – or flying – aircraft in the 70-150 seat category. The next generation of new-build regional jet aircraft is gearing up to take the market segment from names like Fokker, Douglas, BAe and Boeing: Comac’s ARJ21,

With Australia’s First Two Aircraft Now Flying, the F-35 is Becoming a Reality, but Challenges Remain The F-35 Lightning Ii is Perhaps the Only Aircraft in History to Generate 25 Million Lines of Software, and an Equal Number of Column Inches of Negative Copy. And Given the Program’s Overreaching Ambition, Cost, Complexity and Delays, Such

Over the past ten years Qantas has probably had to negotiate the toughest challenges in its long, iconic history, capped off by last year’s record $2.8 billion loss. Today, a new picture is emerging that holds glimpses of better times ahead. Has Australia’s national flag carrier finally turned the corner… or is this a false

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown on leading the RAAF through a period of transformative change With potentially only a few months in his tenure as Chief of Air Force to run, Air Marshal Geoff Brown pauses when asked what has been his most fulfilling achievement as chief so far. “I haven’t thought

After several postponements and three years of delays Japan’s new candidate in the commercial passenger aircraft space, the Mitsubishi MRJ regional jet, is set to take to the skies for the first time in May. Tom Ballantyne spoke to the aerospace manufacturer’s president, Teruaki Kawai, in Tokyo. It hasn’t been easy, says 66-yearold Teruaki Kawai,

Australia has lost yet another regional airline, with Cairns-based Skytrans voluntarily shutting up shop It perhaps says something about the viability and importance of direct air services from Cairns to Cape York communities in Far North Queensland that local airlines have enthusiastically stepped in to fill the gap created when Skytrans closed its doors after