Marc Joel Atrero

Working in aviation is sometimes a surreal experience. The May federal budget announced a 25% increase to the excise on aviation fuel. The tax is applied on each litre of aviation fuel sold to domestic operators. International operators, including Australian companies, do not pay the fuel excise. The burden is carried by domestic operators only.

Renewed growth driving up skilled labour needs The aviation industry’s demand for skilled labour is once again set to hit concerning levels in the near future as growth continues. Unlike in much of the rest of the world, the Australian aviation industry has remained relatively resilient over the last few years. While major airlines pared

Clears key hurdle, BAMS develops The USAF’s Northrop Grumman RQ‑4B Global Hawk program has cleared a key hurdle in its acquisition process by passing a US Defense Acquisitions Board (DAB) review in early July and having money released for the next Lot 9 production batch. The DAB is a senior advisory board comprising senior US

WA regional airline Skywest has been on a strong growth trajectory over the last few years, which is set to continue as it takes its first Airbus A320 into service. Uniquely mixing scheduled regular passenger transport (RPT) and contract and ad hoc charter for the local mining industry, the airline has come a long way

Lockheed Martin battles JSF cost concerns Tom Burbage spends most of his time travelling across the US and around the world to keep political representatives from 50 states, eight partner nations and half a dozen prospective customer countries up to date on the world’s largest, and arguably most controversial, defence program. Lockheed Martin’s vice president

A new chapter for Gippsland Aeronautics Morwell in Victoria is now shaping up to be one of the next centres of general aviation manufacturing and design as GippsAero pushes ahead with a new major investor to take a greater presence within the global utility aircraft market. As well as the renaming of Gippsland Aeronautics to