Marc Joel Atrero

Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand have revealed a planned revenue sharing trans-Tasman alliance. The non-equity alliance, announced on May 3, would see Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand between them share just over 55 per cent of the trans Tasman market through a codesharing deal covering a combined 210 flights a week. This content

Commercial  Brisbane Company to Build 747 Parts Brisbane Based Company Ferra Engineering Has Been Awarded a Five Year Build-to-order Contract From Boeing to Build 50 Machined Components for 747-400s. Ferra Was Identified Through Boeing’s Office of Australian Industry Capability (Oaic), Which Was Established in 2008 in Conjunction With the Defence Materiel Organisation to Assist Australian

Coming in the shadow of the Super Hornet delivery only a few weeks earlier, the May 5 official handover of the first two Boeing Wedgetail AEW&C platforms to the RAAF hasn’t rated the attention it deserves. This is perhaps particularly so as the aircraft – A30-001 and -004 – have been operating out of RAAF

Skywest Airlines tripling its fleet in two years and now introducing A320s. Alliance Airlines buying eight more F-100s. Strategic Airlines introducing A320s in WA. Noise groups lobbying for curfews. Perth Airport playing catch up. This is the face of air travel in Western Australia as the state’s government, councils, airports and airlines strive to keep

Rhinos to reinforce ‘world’s best small air force’ The arrival of the RAAF’s first five F/A-18F Boeing Super Hornets (Rhinos) on March 26 was an historic and very proud day for the Air Force. I and everyone in the Air Force had been eagerly awaiting their arrival since the first Australian Super Hornet rolled off

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AHX Diamond DA42‑L360 Twin Star 42AC145 2/2/10 Australian Air Ferry, 35 Bunya Pine Ct Kempsey NSW 2440 AZE Taylor JT1 Monoplane PFA055‑10553 23/2/10 Andrew Moore, 52 Gibson St Beaconsfield WA 6162 G-BKEU BQF Gippsland GA8‑TC 320 Airvan GA8‑TC 320 09‑149 26/2/10 MAF International Asia Pacific, PO Box 1099