Marc Joel Atrero

Qantas Group News in This Issue We Report the Delivery of an A380 and Three 737-800s to Qantas, an A320 to Jetstar and Two Fokker 100s to Network Aviation. Departing the Qantas Group Fleet Were a 747-400 of Qantas and a 737‑400 of Qantas/jetconnect. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

GippsAero’s GA8-TC The Australian character has long been associated with getting the job done and a practical approach to solving problems. No fuss. No worries. If it were possible to take that philosophy and capture it an airframe, then the team at GippsAero may well have done this in the form of the GA8 Airvan.

Malaysia at the centerpiece of Qantas’ Asia plans? There seems little doubt that Qantas will pick Kuala Lumpur as its major hub for Asia after facing a host of obstacles for the Singapore option related to rights to key destinations. While there seems little doubt now about the location the make-up and structure of the

A global perspective on pilot pay rates The sometimes bitter dispute between the Australian and International Pilots Association on behalf of its long-haul pilots and Qantas for a salary package commiserate with their obvious skills and working life demands is just the tip of a much larger problem for professionals in the embattled airline industry.

Delivering VH-VZT across the Pacific Have you ever breathed in that new car smell? That’s what greeted the crew of Qantas Flight 6024 on the ramp at Boeing Field on a somewhat larger scale as the sun began to peak above the mountains to the east. The brand new 737NG was about to depart Seattle

GippsAero’s utilitarian elegance Driving towards the Latrobe Regional Airport, you could easily be forgiven for missing the turn and driving past the home of GippsAero, as this operation is more about substance than show, a trait that translates into its ever-growing line of functional aeroplanes that are spreading across the globe. Gippsland Aeronautics, as GippsAero