Marc Joel Atrero

ACCC’s annual review highlights growing demand on airport infrastructure As you may be aware the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently released its annual monitoring report on the performance of Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney Airports for 2011-12. The report assessed the quality, prices, costs and profits related to aeronautical and car parking

10 years ago US Airways announced on May 12 a record order for up to 550 regional jets comprising 170 firm orders and 380 options, split equally between Bombardier and Embraer. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username

After a lack of new types noted in this column in recent months there are no fewer than four shown in this issue’s listing. Nicholas Caudwell’s SNP is a replica of the Sopwith Snipe – a single-seat biplane that came into RAF service during late 1918 only a few weeks before the end of WW1.

New scholarships help create future leaders While changes to government policy – such as access to HECS for flying training – would greatly assist the attractiveness of aviation as a career, there are many changes within the grasp of industry that should also be pursued. At a time when 457 visas are being used to

Making policy more relevant to today’s aviation industry The federal election is upon us. In the world of politics, it is a time for commitments, planning and policy development. In the world of aviation, it is time for us to make our industry issues and opportunities known. The Australian Airports Association has this month released

Is a new runway the only option? The latest on-time performance (OTP) statistics confirm criticisms that Brisbane Airport – ranked 35th for OTP nationally – can’t handle existing traffic levels, a fact worsened by the recent six-month closure of the 14/32 runway. Contributing to this have been large increases in regional scheduled and fly-in/fly-out traffic,