Marc Joel Atrero

New report gives no sign of resolution on second Sydney airport. In setting out to evaluate the feasibility of building a second Sydney airport in Wilton, the site 80km south of the city’s CBD that emerged as the federal government’s preferred option last year, a government-commissioned study released May 10 employed a perfectly logical metric.

Another Catalina For Australia From the Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Trust (RCMPT) comes news that the trust has acquired a Catalina in Central America. The aircraft is to be brought to Australia and rebuilt to static display standard for the trust. The Catalina, a model PBY-5A, is currently in external storage at San Juan International

Virgin brings Tiger to the fore to create new market dynamic Now, the fun begins. Virgin Australia’s acquisition of a controlling stake in no frills Tiger Airways is expected to be consummated in July after it clears the final hurdle, Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval. With that, the Australian domestic airline landscape will enter

Qantas Group News In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas, A320-200 to Jetstar and an A320-200 to Jetstar Japan while departing were a 747-400 of Qantas, 737-400 of Qantas and A320-200 of Jetstar. Qantas took delivery of 737-838 VH-XZE Pine Creek in Melbourne on April 21 after the aircraft ferried

5,000 missions and counting For any rescue service, the milestone of 5,000 missions is a significant one. But when one considers that these missions were carried out in the vastly differing terrain and conditions of a territory larger than any other rescue helicopter service in New South Wales, the milestone says a lot about the

For the good, the bad and the ugly When a BAe146QC arrived in Australia in April, it sent a flurry of excitement through aficionados. The arrival of the aircraft, formerly operated by Titan Airways in the UK for passenger and freight charters and previously with Ansett New Zealand, begged the question as to what its