Marc Joel Atrero

New carrier for Sydney, Gold Coast Asia’s newest long-haul, low-cost carrier took to the air for the first time on June 5, with the inaugural Scoot flight from Singapore to Sydney. In what is hoped is not an ominous sign, the inaugural flight was delayed by 90 minutes, leaving Singapore after a small technical fault

Airbus Military says it is working to implement key modifications that reduce workload and improve awareness when operating the boom refuelling system for its A330 MRTT tanker by the end of the year. The modifications were agreed to with the RAAF for its five KC-30s following the loss of the boom during a test flight

EADS formalises management reshuffle Airbus CEO Tom Enders has formally taken over as chief of parent company EADS during the aerospace giant’s annual shareholders meeting. Enders, a 53 year old German who has headed Airbus since 2007, succeeds Frenchman Louis Gallois. Airbus COO Fabrice Bregier has been appointed to replace Enders as Airbus chief, while

“Evacuate, evacuate, two by two, jump and sit, evacuate, evacuate!” The commands were bellowed with such volume that you couldn’t fail to obey. In early June I was fortunate enough to take part in a Qantas ‘behind the scenes’ media visit to some of the airline’s operational facilities at its Mascot HQ and Jet Base

Can’t see the wood for the trees . . . “The airport runway is the most important main street in any town.” — these were the prescient words of highly respected deputy director of Aviation for the Ohio Department of Transportation Norman Crabtree during the American airports building boom in the 1950s. The long-time consultant

New Allocations Registration/type/serial Number/date/owner Or Operator/previous Registrations CVH AAK Bushman H024 2/5/12 George Hacon, “Kallala” PMB 50 Mount Isa Qld 4825 EKF GippsAero GA8 Airvan GA8‑12‑180 4/4/12 GippsAero, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 EKS GippsAero GA8‑TC 320 Airvan GA8‑TC 320‑12‑181 4/4/12 GippsAero, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 EPF VulcanAir P68C‑TC 467‑47‑TC 17/4/12 Michael