Marc Joel Atrero

Geoff Dixon manoeuvres for control of Qantas against his former protege Alan Joyce. It is extremely difficult to get a clear picture of what the alleged plotters that make up Aviation Partners Australia (APA) Mark 2 actually want to achieve with Qantas. The plotters own a reported two per cent of the airline and, according

Evolutionary or Revolutionary? Maintaining a technological edge over peer competitors within the South-east Asian region has been one of the fundamentals of Australian defence policy since WW2. Because Australia is an island nation, that principle has been applied especially to the Royal Australian Air Force. Simply put, control events in the vast maritime (air and

China’s airlines are slowing, not stalling China’s slowing economy and its potential impact on airlines in the Asia Pacific region has been grabbing headlines but the heads of the region’s major carriers have a message for the prophets of doom suggesting Beijing’s growth bubble has burst. It is, quite simply: Relax. Like everyone else, China’s

Varying product means a varying passenger experience 2013 is set to be a year of improved flights for passengers travelling between Perth and Sydney or Melbourne, with both Qantas and Virgin Australia scheduling all-Airbus A330 services between WA and the two east coast cities. Virgin is already all-A330 between Melbourne and Perth, Qantas is planning

When is a flying career just a job? At my age it’s easy to sit back and reflect on the way things were with whimsical adoration and a failing memory. But, as I look at the lot of an airline pilot in the 21st century it is a vastly different undertaking to when I started

RAAF operations in Afghanistan. When one thinks of the Australian contribution to operations in Afghanistan, the Royal Australian Air Force is not the first thing that comes to mind. Rather, one pictures Army Bushmaster Protected Vehicles patrolling dusty streets and infantrymen interacting with locals. But the RAAF has played an integral role in Australia’s operations