Marc Joel Atrero

Is the playing field to blame? Qantas has had its share of rough months in the past few years, but none were quite so gloomy as December, when the airline revealed half-yearly losses of up to $300 million, absorbed a downgrade of its cherished credit rating and announced 1,000 more job cuts. The Flying Kangaroo

RAN’s first Romeos report for duty The Royal Australian Navy has stepped into a new era of naval combat helicopter operations with the delivery of its first two MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Seahawk helicopters. Barely two years after 24 Romeos were chosen under AIR 9000 Phase 8 to replace the S-70B Seahawk and the cancelled SH-2G Seasprite

Australia’s shopping malls with gates attached The airline passenger experience doesn’t just begin at the aircraft door. For many domestic flights, passengers spend more time on the ground than in the air. Yet despite the importance of airports to the Australian economy, it’s hard to argue that Australian passengers have a decent airport experience. Australia’s

Memories of KAL 007 rekindled as China invokes new airspace controls China’s surprise announcement in late November it has set up an East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) means all commercial flights must inform Beijing of their routing in advance, and sparks tragic memories. It is almost exactly 20 years since a Soviet

Can a new minister clean up the “unsustainable mess” of defence acquisitions? In the story of Hercules, the hero of Greek mythology was made to undertake 12 labours to make up for past crimes. The fifth task was to clean the Augean stables, which housed the single greatest number of cattle in the country and

Former Qantas colleagues going head to head It may well be argued by those cynical enough to see the irony that the ongoing airline battle for control of Australian skies is not between Virgin and Qantas but between John Borghetti and Alan Joyce. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a