Marc Joel Atrero

But a solution’s remotely possible An ongoing dilemma for air navigation service providers (ANSPs) is how to economically provide control tower services at an airport that has limited aircraft movements. Emerging remote tower technology provides an alternative to traditional methods by significantly cutting capital costs and service introduction lead time while improving staff utilisation. At

Airbus A320neo v 737 MAX It would be very wrong to describe the pitched battle between Airbus and Boeing over their respective new narrow body offerings as a ‘sporty game’. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or

New lease of life at 75 Ever since a Chinese Emperor formed the world’s first standing army, the fortunes of all subsequent military organisations have waxed and waned in lime with the needs of their political masters, not to mention the depth of pocket of the taxpayers required to fund these undertakings. The fortunes of

It seems these days that wherever one looks, there’s an airfield under threat of extinction. So when did aviation become so annoying to the greater community? At what point did society move from hoisting Kingsford Smith onto their shoulders and begin cursing those confounded machines and their inconvenient tracts of land? In a land far

One more time, with feeling … With the Australian government’s early May announcement that it will launch another “detailed investigation” on building a second Sydney Airport, this time at Wilton on the city’s south-western fringe, we may as well cue the music: the soap opera of the second airport is on again. The plot lines

Budget flak hits AIR 5428 High hopes that the long-awaited project to replace Australia’s ab initio pilot training system would get the green light have been dashed, with the federal budget announcement that the six-year wait will be extended for yet another year. Understandably, industry is neither surprised nor impressed. The delay will push a