Marc Joel Atrero

The ADF’s School of Air Traffic Control Once the responsibility of air traffic controllers, management of aircraft movements on and around the ADF’s 11 military aerodromes in Australia falls to a relatively new specialisation within the RAAF, the Joint Battlefield Airspace Controller (JBAC). And the change in job title is more than cosmetic, as it

Collaboration is the key for the future of Australia’s air traffic management The persistent growth in air traffic in Australia and neighbouring regions continues to press hard on finite airspace and airport resources. In recent years this growth, which is set to increase by a cumulative 60 per cent over the next two decades, has

As Air India relaunches services to Australia, the viability of India’s airline industry remains on the edge Air India’s launch of Boeing 787 Dreamliner services into Australia in September irked Jetstar, which had hoped it would be the first carrier to operate flights in the country using the new jet. But while the return of

Jetstar’s first 787 arrives For Jetstar flight attendants Rachel Clarke and Gillian Hamilton Boeing’s 787 will make them both younger! The reason? Increased cabin humidity levels and lower pressurisation will mean fewer wrinkles! “I had one wrinkle and it’s now disappeared,” mused Hamilton after the delivery flight from Seattle. However for Boeing, Qantas and Jetstar

On Short Finals To Ioc Boeing’s P‑8A Poseidon is set to achieve its initial operational capability (IOC) with the US Navy in December as Australia looks to increase the number of P‑8s it will acquire to replace its ageing AP‑3C Orions under Project AIR 7000 Phase 2B. The P‑8A successfully completed its initial operational test

The remaking of EADS under Tom Enders The boss of Europe’s biggest aerospace company walks purposefully into the business lounge of the Canberra hotel. Dr Tom Enders is taller than you think, trim and with his thinning hair neatly-trimmed short, it is not hard to envisage that one of Europe’s most significant business figures was