Marc Joel Atrero

The first rule of Flight Club is that you talk about Flight Club Which is better, Qantas or Virgin Australia?” Every reader of Australian Aviation will have been asked that question, either in jest or in seriousness. For most passengers, the “better” airline is one with more legroom, that’s less cramped, with inflight entertainment, better

Putting the LHD and the F-35B together, an engineer’s view There’s a lot of attention being given to the possibility of putting the F-35B variant of the Lightning II on board the RAN’s new Canberra class LHDs. There’s also a lot of discussion, but also some disinformation. Putting jet aircraft on ships is a fairly

The 787 production system and operational availabilty is maturing rapidly If one was to believe the tabloid press the 787’s reliability is under question and it is struggling to recover from the high profile grounding of early 2013. The reality could not be further from the truth. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

 First 787-9 delivery showcases Air New Zealand’s transformation from the brink of collapse to a world-beater On one level Air New Zealand’s first Boeing 787-9 is just another tube with wings stuffed with seats, but on another level it showcases the airline’s willingness to innovate and its focus on the passenger. Arguably the delivery of

With the ink barely dry on a scathing review of its performance, CASA finds itself in another controversy Though CASA has made no public comment about the Aviation Safety Regulation Review released at the end of May, the results of the government-ordered inquiry could hardly have been received as a compliment. Appearing to foreshadow a

Boeing’s CEO has no plans to slow down Boeing’s CEO and chairman Jim McNerney may be in denial about his approaching 65th birthday but he assured a small group of media at a roundtable at the 2014 Farnborough Airshow that there is no denying the success of Boeing’s product lineup. Nor is there any argument