Marc Joel Atrero

Virgin Australia bulks up Virgin Australia’s plans to be a viable and relevant competitor to Qantas took another giant step forward last month with the announcement of three major initiatives to accelerate the growth of the business, diversify its earnings and increase competition in Australia. The transactions led off with Singapore Airlines taking a 10

AIr traffic management in Australia enters a critical phase There is a strong confluence of change emerging around nearly every facet of air traffic management in Australia. From new technologies to improve efficiencies within the 51.7 million square kilometres of the Australian Flight Information Region (FIR) to emerging strategies under new leadership, Airservices Australia’s agenda

36SQN’s sixth C-17 touches down The RAAF’s latest C-17A – A41-211 – arrived at its new home at RAAF Amberley on November 9 bringing to six the total number of Boeing’s strategic airlifter in Australian service. A mere five months had elapsed since the signing of the purchase contract and the delivery of the aircraft,

44 Wing controls the battlefield airspace The halls of 44 Wing HQ at RAAF Base Williamtown bear testimony to the fact that be it a crisis or a conflict, its personnel will often be the first in and last out. That’s because the Wing is an internationally recognised provider of battlefield airspace control and air

Emirates boss backs new Qantas ally Emirates president Tim Clark has delivered a ringing endorsement of the leadership and decisions of Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce in a wide-ranging interview with a select group of Australian aviation media in Dubai. According to Clark Qantas would have gone bankrupt if Joyce had not acted as he

CAF outlines RAAF EA-18G plans “It’s a big strategic move,” Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown explains of the decision to acquire the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack capability. “It gives a level of independence in your operations,” CAF explains. “If you want to do some sort of covert insertion of a transport