Marc Joel Atrero

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

Airlines are still grappling with the premium economy conundrum Happy 22nd birthday, premium economy, and many happy returns. In July 1992, EVA Air started serving Los Angeles from its base in Taipei with its first Boeing 747-400 aircraft and launched Economy Deluxe. In May of the same year, Virgin Atlantic introduced Mid Class for full

The MRH 90 has endured a turbulent ride The Australian National Audit Office report into the ADF’s AIR 9000 Phase 2/4/6 MRH 90 acquisition program is not a flattering one. The report doesn’t draw any real conclusions and makes a point of noting that many of the apparent mistakes made early in the project and

Two heads are better than one One of the great advances over recent decades has been the everincreasing awareness of human factors on the flightdeck. The growth of crew resource management (CRM) has seen the draconian oneseat- fits-all attitude towards aircraft operations generally fade into history. Captains have been increasingly encouraged to call upon all

Airbus launches re-engined A330 A330neo to feature RR Trent power and a claimed 14 per cent fuel burn improvement Airbus has used the 2014 Farnborough Airshow to formally announce the launch of a re-engined development of its bestselling A330 range. Having the CEOs of three major airlines on the board, could make for a combustible