Marc Joel Atrero

A 38-year love affair came to a close on April 7 when Singapore Airlines bade a fond farewell to its Boeing 747 passenger fleet with special commemorative flights between Singapore and Hong Kong. Singapore Airlines’ final 747-400 to be delivered, 9V-SPQ, left Singapore’s Changi Airport as flight SQ747 at 8.30 am after a series of

In the inner harbour of Hobart, where the Sydney to Hobart yacht race finishes and literally ‘downtown’, you will find Australia’s newest commercial seaplane base, home to Tasmanian Air Adventures. Nestled within this busy precinct is DHC-2 Beaver floatplane VH-AQU in its magnificent red and white colours and markings. The operation is the brainchild of

Broad market beckons for Jetstar innovation Soon after its establishment in 2004, Jetstar committed itself to paring costs wherever practicable. One outlay it decided to dispense with was fees paid to providers of its Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), a digital datalink system that automatically, or manually, conveys short, text messages between ground

Greater degrees of interest on flight training As aviation has changed, so have the means of entering the industry and of carving out a fledgling career. This is especially evident in the initial training and career paths of many of those learning to fly today. One relatively constant means of flight training continues to exist

Training and engagement with the US and Japan Cope North, begun in 1978 a bilateral, biannual military exercise between the United States and Japan, has since grown into the largest air defence exercise held in the Pacific Region. The RAAF was invited to join the now tri-lateral Cope North 2012, staged at Anderson AB, Guam,

Singapore Airlines farewells the 747 Singapore Airlines’ final 747-400 to be delivered, 9V-SPQ, left Singapore’s Changi Airport as flight SQ747 at 8.30 am after a series of celebratory events at Gate B7, Terminal 3. The flight arrived in Hong Kong at 1320 before the aircraft operated return flight SQ748, which touched down in Singapore at