Marc Joel Atrero

Despite all the gloom from the weak world economy to environmental concerns, the phenomenon known as Oshkosh again managed to capture the imagination of aviation minded people. Over the week July 27 to August 2 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, hosted 578,000 people who brought boundless enthusiasm for aviation and flying with them, even if

Commercial 787 May Not Fly This Year Reports From Seattle During July Claim That the Fix for the Wing Join Issue Which Has Delayed the First Flight of the 787 is More Complex Than Boeing Has Revealed, and Could Mean the Dreamliner’s First Flight May Not Take Place Until Next Year. According to a Report

At a recent aviation conference in Sydney, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce publicly laid to rest the idea that his airline was looking to merge or acquire a large stake in another airline as part of the much vaunted push for consolidation in the industry. Joyce’s predecessor at Qantas, Geoff Dixon, was a well known advocate

Riding the bumps 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 was shaping up

The weather may have been downbeat and the mood certainly was but enter AirAsia’s founder Tony Fernandes and the sun started to shine at the Paris Air Show in June – at least for Airbus. Fernandes message to the industry was simple; “There is business out there if you go out and find it. I

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS BYP Bell 206L‑4 LongRanger IV 52379 29/5/09 Heliflite, PO Box 121 Georges Hall NSW 2198 N1471B C‑GBUB CDG Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 525‑0163 14/5/09 Professional Jet Aviation, PO Box 143 Georges Hall NSW 2198 N51CD N5138F CPE Cirrus SR22‑G2 0851 26/5/09 WA Aeromedical, 6 The Lodge Mount Claremont