Marc Joel Atrero

Attraction or detraction? If you’ve been paying attention to the fleet expansion plans of Australia’s airlines, it’s all about regional turboprops: Qantas’s Bombardier Q400 and Virgin Australia’s ATR 72. The economics of the 70-seater turboprops mean that airlines are snapping them up (the slower, more fuel-efficient ATRs in particular) as fast as they can. Virgin

Take the emotion out the ‘drone wars’ debate Ethical considerations are of the utmost importance in war. No democracy can wage a sustained war unless it occupies the moral high ground. We usually go to war to maintain the rule of law, especially international or humanitarian law, so if we ignore what is right and

Once upon a time when I was a lad, an Australian airline job was a job for life. Sadly there are no longer such guarantees with airlines anywhere in the world it would seem. Consequently, pilots of all standings will thumb through the back pages of Flight International or The Australian on Friday to see

F-35 in the Avalon limelight It’s ironic that the biggest story at the 2013 Avalon International Airshow centred around an aircraft not in attendance. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me

Virgin’s acquisition of Skywest takes a big step closer The announcement was just three short paragraphs. “Virgin Australia Holdings Limited today welcomed approval from Skywest Airlines Ltd shareholders of the proposed acquisition of 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Skywest, pursuant to a scheme of arrangement under the laws of Singapore. This

Decision time looms for a second Super Hornet batch. Andrew McLaughlin The Australian government has taken a step closer to potentially acquiring an additional batch of F/A-18F Super Hornets for the RAAF. Following the December submission of a letter of request (LOR), the US Congress was formally notified on February 28 of the LOR by