Marc Joel Atrero

… and their passenger experience inconsistency Air New Zealand has successfully sold itself as a quirky carrier at the end of the world with fun safety videos, viral marketing and a dose of “sweet as” Kiwiana. Yet the fragmentation of the airline means that its passenger experience is inconsistent. This content is available exclusively to

Australian industry fends for itself on F-35 work Australia joined the System Development & Demonstration (SDD) phase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program in October 2002 with a contribution of $150 million. Australia was the ninth and last partner, the others being the US, UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Denmark and Norway.

Managing fatigue on the flightdeck Fatigue is undoubtedly one of the mortal enemies of safe aircraft operation. Its insidious effects creep into the eyes and minds of flightcrew with alarming subtlety over all manner of time frames. On occasions it may be the result of an extended tour of duty, or a sequence of ‘back-of-clock’

Is the dramatic growth of Asia’s LCCs sustainable? They’re loving it in Seattle and Toulouse. The big aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus may both have had to negotiate significant problems with their latest widebody models, but when it comes to single-aisles the order books are bursting at the seams, mostly thanks to an unprecedented spending

AIR 5428 progresses in the queue After seven years of delays, hindrances and obstacles, a draft Request for Tender for the AIR 5428 Pilot Training System (PTS) project was released to defence industry for comment in early 2013. The project aims to provide the ADF with a new fixed-wing pilot training system, covering flight screening

How the world’s airlines have evolved The only sure thing in aviation is change. Perhaps the only difference this time with the rise and rise of Middle East carriers is the speed of that change, although in the case of Emirates it has taken the airline 27 years to reach its dominant position today. And