Marc Joel Atrero

Regional aviation is often the ‘canary in the cage’ for commercial aviation. As always there are clouds gathering on a range of fronts. Fuel prices appear to be trending up with escalating tensions across the Middle East not helping matters. Operators are watching developments closely, particularly as to how costs will impact the thinner routes

Emqhr Wins Rescue Award The Emergency Management Queensland Helicopter Rescue (EMQHR) service has received a major international award – Rescue of the Year – in recognition of its herculean relief efforts during January’s Queensland floods. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this

Intercontinental “I love it and the higher the price of fuel goes the better it looks.” While Richard Aboulafia, noted analysts with the Washington DC Teal Group is a great rap for the 747-8I, Boeing has struggled, up till now, to get airlines to think quite in those terms about the latest version of the

When I first met Vice Admiral David Venlet, the new head of the JSF Program Office (JPO) at a media brief and Q&A the day before the Avalon Airshow, I was immediately struck by his composure and quietly spoken demeanour, traits that are common to many former fighter pilots who have advanced in their careers

Qantas Group News in This Issue We Can Report Qantas Taking Delivery of an A380-800, Qantas/jetconnect Three 737-800s, Express Freight Australia a 767-300f, and Jetstar Adding an A330-200. 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 Email Password

New Harvard Import But … A new Harvard has been imported … but not to fly, at least not in the short term. The recent import by Tyabb, Vic. based The Old Aeroplane Company is an SNJ-5 Bu51788, c/n 88-14642. It was manufactured on 9 August 1943. Navy logbooks indicate that this aircraft participated in