Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorReturn to Mt Cook
March 20, 2013 0 commentAir New Zealand subsidiary Mount Cook Airline re-introduces scheduled services to its birthplace Turangiwaiwai in Maori means one’s spiritual home. For the Mount Cook Airline Group that spiritual home is Mt Cook airfield nestled in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand. The Mount Cook Company began operations in the early 1900s.
Read moreIn the wake of Oswald
March 19, 2013 0 commentAerial support to the flood crisis In mid-January a heat low formed over the Top End, the result of the monsoon running very late causing very high land temperatures. It drifted out over the Gulf of Carpentaria where water temperatures were optimum to form a cyclone and on January 21 became cyclone Oswald, crossing Cape
Read moreEmbracing opportunities
March 18, 2013 0 commentThe success of Melbourne’s airports While generations of politicians vacillate over a second airport for Sydney, Melbourne is blessed with choice for airports. And it has been for roughly the same time Sydney has remained in indecision. Foresight in Victoria’s aviation landscape is plentiful, both at government level and within the leaderships of Melbourne Airport
Read moreThe Longest Haul
March 17, 2013 0 commentA pilot’s perspective on the long-haul flight between Australia and Dallas/Fort Worth It’s just a number on a flight plan, but it’s a big one. 7554. That’s how many nautical miles it is from Sydney to Dallas Fort Worth in Texas and for the metrically-minded, that’s a touch less than 14,000 kilometres. With a nudge
Read moreNorthern parallel
March 16, 2013 0 commentAn interview with Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu Air links between Australia and Canada have existed since 1949 when Canadian Pacific Air Lines plied the 12,500km route between Vancouver and Sydney. Since then a succession of carriers, including the venerable CP Air, has operated services that have culminated in Air Canada operating today what is
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March 15, 2013 0 commentThe E-jet In Australia As Australia prepares for a doubling of air traffic by 2030, aircraft manufacturers are eyeing opportunities for increased sales. While Airbus and Boeing rub their hands at the prospect of sales, Embraer is doing likewise, but the Brazilian manufacturer is focusing on niche opportunities in the evolving Australian domestic market. This
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