Marc Joel Atrero
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September 19, 2014 0 commentDelivering the mail…100 years on Things weren’t looking good. The next morning I was scheduled to depart Essendon and re-enact the historic air mail flight undertaken by Maurice Guillaux in 1914. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username
Read moreFall Out
September 18, 2014 0 commentThe impact of the shooting down of MH17 will continue to reverberate The shooting down of MH17 on July 17 taking 295 lives marks, like 9/11, a paradigm shift in aviation security. Whereas airlines for decades have flown over trouble spots hoping for the best, they now have to expect the worst. This content is
Read moreSpace The Final Frontier
September 17, 2014 0 commentFinding cabin interior space where there was none before In 2014, the economics of airline interiors is all about space – both the set amounts of space that is available for interiors designers to work with, and the way that they utilise that space. Even as seatmakers continue to develop new structures, mechanisms and materials
Read moreThe Cruel Sea
September 16, 2014 0 commentThe Australian-led air search for MH370 Twice, within a horrifying four-month period, Malaysia Airlines lost two airliners – one claimed by the roiling currents of post-Soviet geopolitics, and the other, it’s believed, by those of the southern Indian Ocean. Though both aircraft were lost in vastly differing circumstances, physical remains, electronic data and wreckage will
Read moreCaught In The Act
September 15, 2014 0 commentQantas fought long and hard for major changes to the Qantas Sales Act (QSA). Adjustments to the legislation came in July but most industry insiders, including the airline itself, believe the result is a watered down political compromise that ignores the realities of today’s airline world Anyone listening for the sound of champagne corks popping
Read moreXtra Impressive?
September 14, 2014 0 commentA350 makes Australian & NZ stops during route proving flight campaign Airbus’s A350 has visited Sydney, Auckland and Perth as part of long range route proving flights to demonstrate the A350’s readiness for airline operations. But the visit of development aircraft MSN5 (F-WWYB), which touched down in Sydney and then Auckland on August 5 and
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