Marc Joel Atrero

…stretch in the forward fuselage, while there is an additional 1.5m stretch aft of the wing. (Boeing) Commercial Boeing 787 Near First Flight Boeing Was Expected to Make the 787’s First Flight by Its July 1 Deadline, With the First Aircraft Completing Engine Start and a Number of Gauntlet Tests During May and June. This

At the forefront of a new era of ADF helicopter ops The program to develop Army’s new battlefield transport helicopter, the NH Industries MRH 90 is slowly gathering pace at the Army’s 5th Aviation Regiment (5 Avn Regt) base in Townsville. The joint user training group comprising Army and Navy aircrew, maintenance and support personnel

The casualty toll is starting to mount: MacAir, SkyAirWorld, and now OzJet. The precariousness of the aviation business has once more been underlined by the collapse of these three middle ranking airline/charter operators. The three certainly had diverse aircraft types – MacAir used its second-hand Metro and Saab turboprops for regional Queensland RPT and mine

At the recent SpeedNews 23rd Annual Commercial Aviation Industry Suppliers Conference colourful analyst Richard Aboulafia of Teal Group summarized the current turmoil as a “world economic heart attack.” At the same conference Adam Pilarski of Avitas said the consultancy expects “for the first time since the end of World War II,” negative world GDP growth

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ABG Zenair CH701 STOL 7‑1488 7/4/09 Derek Liston, 106 Lyndon Way Karalee Qld 4306 ANV Embraer ERJ‑170‑100LR 17000280 19/3/09 Airnorth Regional, PO Box 39548 Winnellie NT 0821 PT‑TQG AQA Cessna 185A Skywagon 185‑0508 19/3/09 Nanchang Aviation, 1/58 Pitt St Sydney NSW 2000 VH‑MIE VH‑AGH VH‑RKU N11B (N2508Z) AVV

Cheap fares: How credible? As demand sinks, unbelievable fare deals are coming out, only to be trumped within hours by competitors. Jetstar’s ‘price guarantee’ which copies whitegoods and hardware retailer’s tactics without showing their hand on fixed prices. Surprisingly no one else has copied it yet, but if the opposition is running cheap seats or