Marc Joel Atrero

The renaissance of the Airbus A330While orders for the new-generation composite widebody airliners have been catching the headlines in recent years, Airbus has been pleasantly surprised by the strong sales for its A330 series. Originally launched in 1987 alongside its four-engined sibling, the A340, the A330 has now outlived production of the former and in

The future of airline travel It will come as a surprise to no-one in the airline industry that air travel is and will remain the world’s real World Wide Web. Even Bill Gates says so. Released just before July’s Farnborough Airshow, a new Airbus survey found that “Facebook won’t replace face to face.” And this

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Carbon tax toxic for aviation The sky may not have fallen but aviation is suffering under an unfair carbon tax that provides wide exemptions to other sectors — then singles out aviation for special penalties. From July 1,the carbon tax package saw an immediate increase in all aviation fuel of 6 cents a litre. And

Agusta and Russian Helicopters Linfox has ordered three AW169s “in full VIP configuration”. AgustaWestland says it now holds more than 50 orders for the 4.5 tonne class AW169, which first flew on May 10. Certification is planned for 2014. (AgustaWestland) This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

Flying an aircraft is not rocket science – well, not quite. But first, you have to get it to the holding point for takeoff. Be it a GA aircraft or an RPT airliner there are things that sometimes get overlooked. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue