Marc Joel Atrero

PAL boss’s move to operate airports A Philippines liquor tycoon and executives from Britain’s air traffic management provider NATS (National Air Traffic Services) may appear strange bedfellows but it seems that’s not the case. Apparently Ramon S Ang, president of Philippine Airlines (PAL), which is controlled by his San Miguel brewery empire, and NATS officials

Virgin Atlantic introduces Google Glass Despite Virgin Atlantic’s imminent final departure from Sydney, the elder Virgin sister airline is still a trendsetter. Ideas tested out on Virgin Atlantic are transferred to Virgin America and Virgin Australia (and, to an extent, vice versa), which is why so much has been made of Virgin Atlantic’s introduction of

Former exec takes Qantas to task In the heated debate about Qantas, its desire to be released from the restrictions of the Qantas Sale Act and get a government guarantee along the way, there has been no commentary so incisive and devastating to the Qantas position as that delivered by David Epstein, former Qantas group

Airlines in trouble is nothing new Pan American went down that road and closer to home and time, so did Ansett Australia. Restructures, job cuts, sale of non-core assets are all catch-phrases that fill the paragraphs when the mainstream media finally pays attention to the dilemma that has been confronting an airline for quite some

Qantas navigates its toughest hour 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, they

Government approves P-8 purchase as its first defence acquisition decision On Friday February 21, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston announced that the government had approved the acquisition of eight Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered in 2017 with all eight aircraft due by