Marc Joel Atrero

Cobham Aviation Services finds strength through diversity The introduction into service for five more Boeing 717s for regional airline QantasLink has provided further growth for the Adelaide-based operations of Cobham Aviation Services (CAS). It also provided an interesting challenge, to design a new layout to accommodate business class aboard the relatively narrow twin-jets. This content

As Vincent Aviation suspends its Australian services, for one town it’s déjà vu all over again A crossroads town of 7,300 in northwestern New South Wales, Narrabri is known (admittedly, not very widely) for its olives, its wine, and the excellent pasta made from its locally-grown durum wheat. It sits in close proximity to two

The Aviation Safety Regulatory Review It is my genuine hope that the Australian aviation community will be able to look back on June 2014 when the Aviation Safety Regulation Review (ASRR) was reported to the Parliament and see it as a milestone that marked the beginning of a turnaround for the industry. The review was

Vindicating critics, review paints CASA as out of step, out of touch; recommends broad changes For years, industry critics of Australia’s air safety regulator have pointed to hard-line statements by CASA director John McCormick during the opening months of his tenure in 2009. As McCormick vowed to make CASA an enforcementoriented regulator with “a capital

It’s a jungle out there As airlines from around the world gathered in Doha at the annual International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference in June, the issue of passengers behaving badly reared its ugly head. It is not a new phenomenon, but it does seem to be growing at an alarming rate. Is it a

Lack of airline profitability could hinder airport infrastructure projects A lack of profitability at Qantas and Virgin Australia is threatening to derail or slow key infrastructure projects at Australia’s airports in the coming years. The parlous state of the airlines’ bottom line, with combined first half losses of $327 million and their inability to pass