Marc Joel Atrero

Asia’s airlines are facing a pilot shortage If there’s some cold comfort for the 100 or so Qantas pilots the troubled carrier is trying to convince to take redundancy it lies in the irony that while the Flying Kangaroo appears to have a surplus of cockpit crew, everyone else in the world is scrambling around

The burgers are better at 38,000ft If you had to pick the next big thing in international first class dining, would it be a burger? It will be on board British Airways. This June, BA’s new Flying Burger started winging its way through the air… or at least onto a plate, with a British Airways

ADF interest in a maritime UAS capability grows The ADF has taken the first tentative steps towards the operation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) aboard the Navy’s surface ships, with the release of a tender for companies to “register interest” in providing a naval UAS. The tender, released on the AusTender website on May 22

Air New Zealand orders neos as first 787-9 flies Fleet renewal continues apace at Kiwi flag carrier Air New Zealand used the annual IATA conference in Qatar in June to announce it is ordering 13 Airbus A320neo airliners, including no fewer than three A321neos which will be used to operate trans-Tasman and Pacific island services

The “positively charged” Air New Zealand 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 stands out in

787’s 330min ETOPS could allow Qantas to replace the 747 to Santiago and Jo’burg John says: As good as the 777 is, Qantas needed a widebody twin that could perform two roles, domestic operations to replace 767s and regional Asia to replace A330s. The 777 is too big for the domestic market, so Qantas went