Marc Joel Atrero

First Flight The first flight of Bombardier’s CSeries on September 16 was a pivotal milestone for an aircraft that has dared to be new against competition that has opted for derivatives, albeit very good derivatives. While there is a raft of all-new regional jets, the market Bombardier is targeting – the bottom end of the

Returning to the birthplace of Qantas in support of Pathfinders One can imagine that Sir Hudson Fysh and his fellow airline founders would have been proud. Nine decades after their humble beginnings, a new state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 adorned in Qantas colours (VH-XZE Pine Creek) sat a mere stone’s throw away from the original hangar at

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