Marc Joel Atrero

Jetstar Pacific hits difficulties with Vietnamese authorities The smiles apparent at the launch of Jetstar Pacific in 2008 appear to have faded as the relationship between Qantas and the Vietnamese government appears to be turning from bad to worse. The most dramatic turn in the now strained relationship emerged in late December when it was

The race for low cost dominance in Asia took an interesting turn on January 6 with AirAsia and Jetstar announcing an alliance between the two carriers, coincidentally on the same day rival airline Tiger Airways launched its initial public offering. The two carriers, which effectively compete for traffic within Asia and to and from Australia,

Russia’s long-awaited answer to the F-22 Raptor, the Sukhoi T-50, made its first flight on January 29 from Sukhoi/ KnAAPO’s Komsomolskon- Amur facility in Siberia’s far east. The T-50 is the prototype of the next generation PAK-FA (Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsy, or Future Frontline Aircraft System) under development to replace Russia’s Su-27/Su-30 Flanker series

Commercial 787 Achieves Initial Airworthiness the 787 Completed Initial Airworthiness Testing in Mid January, One Month After the Aircraft Made Its First Flight on December 15 Last Year. The Initial Airworthiness Milestone Allows the Expansion of the Flight Test Program, Allowing More Crew Members to Be Carried on Flights and More Aircraft to Join the

Boeing’s 787 takes to the skies Boeing’s oft-delayed 787 Dreamliner took off on its first flight at approximately 10:27am local time on December 15 (approximately 5:27am December 16 AEDST) from Paine Field, Everett. Over 10,000 Boeing employ-ees and members of the public watched the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powered ZA001, accom-panied by two Boeing owned T-33

If it happened in commercial aviation for much of the last century it happened at United Airlines. The airline’s legendary chairman William “Pat” Patterson, while slight in stature, was a giant of a man and loved by all who knew him. And he knew everyone in the airline industry. This content is available exclusively to