Marc Joel Atrero

Passengers behaving badly At the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Cabin Safety Conference in late May, member airlines reported a 2013 spike in incidents involving disruptive passengers, up to 8,217 from a 2012 baseline of 5,220. While the airlines reported that the majority of incidents are verbal, nearly 40 per cent of carriers reported that

RAAF Super Hornet operations mature as preparations for the electronic attack Growler gear up It’s now the best part of a decade since then Minister of Defence Brendon Nelson convinced Federal Cabinet’s National Security Committee to spend $6. 6 billion to forestall a looming air combat capability gap. The fighter selected was Boeing’s F/A-18F Super

Air New Zealand’s CEO on “flying people, not planes” Air New Zealand is doing a lot right at the moment. Among the major airlines in Australasia, it is the standout performer. Certainly financially – it is posting record profits when Qantas and Virgin have sunk deep into the red. But the Kiwi flag carrier also

The spotlight was on Doha, home of fast-growing Qatar Airways, in June as the heads of airlines from around the globe met for the 70th annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). It was the first time the event had been held in the Middle East since Amman, Jordan in 1997 and

The government mulls equipping the Navy’s LHDs with STOVL F-35Bs Recent reports that Prime Minister Tony Abbott is driving the current debate on whether to acquire a number of short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B JSFs to be operated from the two new Canberra class LHD ships have effectively been confirmed by senior Defence

Already the stand-out in Australasia, Christoper Luxon plans to take Air New Zealand from a “good” airline to a “great” one We fly people not planes. ” Christopher Luxon may be 18 months into his tenure as chief executive of Air New Zealand, but the former Unilever executive remains driven by applying his knowledge learnt