Marc Joel Atrero

Air New Zealand’s new transport to Middle-Earth It’s been nearly a decade since Frodo Baggins deposited a fancy ring in the fires of Mordor, saving the people and various other anthropomorphic creatures of Middle Earth and bringing to a close one of the greatest tourist bonanzas in the history of New Zealand. Is the world

The man behind Australia’s biggest airshow and aerospace trade exposition. Ian Honnery remembers when – as a T-shirt he once saw at an airshow in the United States indelicately put it – flying was dangerous and sex was safe. Times change, and no-one wants to make flying more dangerous, but the flip side of the

While the industry wrestles with lingering economic uncertainty, Boeing forges ahead with new designs There’s nothing like a good dose of GDP for breakfast. For the vice president of marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Randy Tinseth, GDP is the fibre of his daily diet. For some, dry economics first thing in the morning would likely

The state of the passenger experience Airline passenger experience in 2014 starts even before a flyer lays down the cold, hard cash (or, usually, credit card). The first decision is: which airline? And, therefore, which channel will you use to buy your ticket? If 2013 was the year of the meta-search site, 2014 will only

RAAF farewells the C-130H It was, many would argue, the unkindest budget cut of all: the retirement of the beloved H model Hercules driven not by its obsolescence but by the need for Defence to do its part in helping the federal government return to surplus. Air Lift Group was determined to give the C-130H

The rise and rise of Jetstar While it seems everyone has something to say about low-cost airlines, no-one can deny their success. Today budget airlines account for around 26 per cent of the global airline market. Their influence is being felt in regions that have been both quick to embrace low-cost travel and now others