Marc Joel Atrero

C-27J choice brings surprises, smiles and sour grapes In a move that surprised even the RAAF, the Australian government announced only 36 hours after the federal budget that 10 Alenia C-27J transports will be acquired at $1. 4 billion to fulfil the AIR 8000 Phase 2 Battlefield Airlifter (BFA) requirement. On budget night, it was

In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll begin by mentioning that I have considerable experience at the controls of fighter planes, mostly as an adolescent in the late 80s and early 90s. Whether squaring off against the Red Baron, sending hordes of Messerschmitt Bf 109s spiralling to a watery grave in the steely English Channel

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It is great to highlight a Qantas good news story, which the return to service of A380 VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton undeniably is. The Nancy-Bird was famously the subject of the QF32 uncontained engine explosion soon after takeoff from Singapore in November 2010. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

Forty-five years of leading the airline industry is an outstanding achievement by any measure but perhaps, just perhaps, the innovation at Singapore Airlines has stalled. When you are making stellar profits it is almost impossible to get impetus at board level for changing the model but over the past 10 years Singapore Airlines has shown

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