Marc Joel Atrero

Air NZ’s 787-9 arrives, A350 nears As Winston Churchill said, never waste a crisis. When you have a crisis that is the opportunity to make changes that are probably very difficult to do in a status quo situation. The people within the organisation were up for change because they knew the organisation had to change,

Airbus’s new big twin is on track for certification and deliveries from the end of the year It’s one year since the Airbus A350 XWB first took to the skies. Now it has over 2,000 flight test hours spread across its fleet of five aircraft. As certifications looms ahead, the A350 is preparing to make

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