Marc Joel Atrero

Staying civil at 38,000ft A recent spate of air rage incidents has drawn attention to the use of devices designed to prevent passengers reclining their seats in flight. These clamp-like attachments are fitted to the back of a seat by the passenger sitting in the row behind with the intent of maintaining their personal space.

It’s not too soon to call Virgin Australia the winner With Virgin Australia’s selection of the B/E Aerospace Super Diamond business class seat – a fully flat bed with direct aisle access in a reverse herringbone configuration that’s up there with Zodiac’s very similar Cirrus seat for the title of best business class in the

ADF capabilities boost Australian soft power Much has been written in recent years about the RAAF’s ongoing efforts to replace its F-111 long-range strike and F/A-18 ‘classic’ Hornet multirole fighter fleets with a new air combat aircraft. Despite the F-35 rightly remaining the ultimate choice to fulfil this role, ongoing project delays have seen the

A decision nears for AIR 5428 It appears a down-select of the preferred tender for the ADF’s AIR 5428 pilot training system (PTS) is likely to occur in the next month or so, although industry sources say it will then likely go into a period of negotiation and may not be announced publicly until February

The 737 and A320 go from strength to strength The rise and rise of the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 is extraordinary and the latest versions of both aircraft will boast fuel savings per seat 20 per cent above the models they will replace. Extraordinary because Boeing almost didn’t build the 737 because the

RAAF F-35 program takes to the skies Etihad Airways’ Australian president and chief executive officer, James Hogan, was in his element at the rollout of his airline’s first Airbus A380 in Hamburg on September 25. The rollout of the airline’s new flagship aircraft, and with it the public reveal of the airline’s smart new livery,