Marc Joel Atrero

“So are you going to be the CEO that turns Qantas into a domestic-only airline?” ABC TV Inside Business host Alan Kohler’s question of Qantas CEO Alan Joyce in a recent interview sums up the sentiment towards the airline after Joyce spoke to the National Press Club in June where he announced that significant reforms

Know thy enemy Once again a number of airlines had chosen the IATA AGM Chief Executive forum to hit out at the success of Middle-East airlines and accuse them of unfair advantage because of various levels of government support. Certainly they do enjoy government support but in the case of Emirates at least this is

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AMQ Beech B200C Super King Air BL‑166 2/5/11 Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, PO Box 463 Broken Hill NSW 2880 N80666 AMR Beech B200C Super King Air BL‑167 19/5/11 Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, PO Box 463 Broken Hill NSW 2880 N80467 BBR Robinson R44 Raven

Part of the magic of winter flying is that like the four seasons the weather changes and with those changes comes the knowledge that a pilot has to do things differently in order to fly safely. With the onset of winter a pilot typically thinks of lower cloud, rain, wind, storms, fog, earlier last light

‘Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it’ – and in a seasonal industry the temptation to relax after years of gruelling drought should not be allowed to become a permanent, complacent state. Sometime in the next 10 years there will likely be another drought. The lessons to be learned and changes to

The respected International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) recently described Australia’s defence policy as one ‘preoccupied with alliance management’. This is concerning: alliances are a means of defence policy, not an end in themselves. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,