Marc Joel Atrero

AirAsia X shows there’s life in low cost long haul As AirAsia has proven over many years in its short haul operations, AirAsia X is proving that there is a sustainable niche for low cost, long haul travel in the Asia Pacific region. Originally launched in May 2007 from AirAsia’s former regional affiliate FlyAsianXpress, AirAsia

Training for the Nintendo generation When I graduated from RAAF Pilots Course in the mid-eighties the advanced trainer was a jet – the Macchi MB326H. This aircraft was also the ‘lead-in fighter’ trainer (LIF) and the front-line fighter was the Mirage III. RAAF cockpits had round dials, lots of them, and GPS was still a

Where to next for Sydney Airport? While the upcoming Aviation White Paper is likely to deliver little substantial changes to the industry, there will no doubt be great focus on the terms of reference it will put forward for a study into a second airport to serve the Sydney basin. Originally raised as part of

Boeing’s 737 military derivatives mature Boeing officially rolled out a P-8A Poseidon test aircraft for the US Navy at a ceremony at its Renton facility in Seattle on July 30. The aircraft, one of the first two of a planned six flight test aircraft, was presented to Navy, Boeing and local officials at the facility

Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Tony Tyler I had the pleasure of announcing the half year results for the first half of 2007, and then the full year results which we announced in March 2008, which were the best we’ve ever had, at HK$7bn profit. But of course by then we already knew that 2008 itself

Focusing on the end game Finally, some good news for the RAAF’s much delayed Wedgetail AEW&C program emerged in late July. The program completed a comprehensive review in early July after previously being assessed by the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Labs and participating in a Operational Utility Demonstration (OUD) as part of April’s