Marc Joel Atrero

Jetstar’s 787 begins scheduled services Jetstar launched scheduled Boeing 787 services on November 13 from Melbourne to the Gold Coast after a trouble-free certification (see Preflight for details). That milestonne came after CASA granted approval to Jetstar to begin 787 operations on November 6 – a week ahead of the first RPT flight. The authority’s

The end of US restrictions on inflight gadgets probably means the same for Australia. Is that for the best? Until recently, at least, takeoff and landing represented that rarest commodity in today’s world – a gadget-free zone in which a person had little choice but to sit back, think outside the glowing little box and,

The spectre of the medical examination Every year the date rolls around to when it is time for a pilot to be prodded, poked and probed. And every year the eye chart gets a little smaller and the stress levels a little higher. The hurdle of medical examinations is just one of the many hoops

Your Kindle is not going to crash the plane Good news for airline passengers from the United States: an Aviation Rulemaking Committee’s recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have finally killed the blanket ban on personal electronic devices during takeoff, landing and other phases of flight. US airlines must receive approval for each aircraft

Politics at the heart of JAL, ANA competition Not Happy Mr Abe! That was the message from Japan Airlines (JAL) chief executive Yoshiharu Ueki to the country’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in what has developed into an unprecedented spat between the national carrier and the politicians and regulators with which it has traditionally shared a

And how Air New Zealand is innovating to change It started out as blank door in an obscure warehouse in Auckland in 2008, but the results were anything but obscure. Looks were certainly deceiving for the warehouse was the home of Air New Zealand’s initial cabin think tank group that brought the Skycouch to the