Marc Joel Atrero

The Virgin Blue board’s search for a new CEO has yielded a high quality catch in John Borghetti. Still only in his early 50s, Borghetti brings to the Blue a wealth of experience courtesy of his 36 year career with Qantas, the last six of which he was the executive general manager in charge of

Flying Australia’s Antarctic Airlink A319 to the ice Eighty-one years ago a ski-equipped black Lockheed Vega took off from the sea ice on the Antarctic Peninsula on the first flight over the frozen continent. Its pilot, the then famous Australian adventurer Sir Hubert Wilkins, could never have imagined that one day a passenger jet would

Unions are calling for far stiffer penalties to curb a 40 per cent increase in air rage incidents caused by a cocktail of alcohol and dysfunctional airports. In January the Office of Transport Security (OTS) reported to Contrails that there were 461 reports last year, up from 279 in 2008 and 67 in 2007. This

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AJB Diamond DA42‑L360 Twin Star 42AC135 21/12/09 Hawker Pacific, Locked Bag 172 Milperra NSW 2214 BHS Kavanagh B‑400 B400‑406 7/12/09 Proflex, 13 Lakeview Dr Carrara Qld 4211 BVK SIAI Marchetti S211 016/03‑002 22/12/09 Royston Ferris, PO Box 502 Mona Vale NSW 1660 338 (Singapore Air Force) N49SM 1285

Long time in passing. So sang Peter, Paul and Mary many years ago, in a time when almost every airport had one or more big fast single engine aircraft to hire. But no longer. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,

Ec175 Makes First Flight Eurocopter’s 16-seat Medium Lift Ec175 Made Its ‘official’ First Flight on December 17 From Eurocopter’s Marignane, France, Facility. However, the December 17 Flight Was in Fact the Type’s Sixth, With the Actual First Flight Occurring Nearly Two Weeks Earlier on December 4. During the December 17 Flight Ec175 ‘prototype 1’ F-wwpb