Marc Joel Atrero

Commercial Airbus to Cut A380 Production Rates Airbus is Further Cutting Production of the A380 From 18 to 14 This Year Due to Customer Requests for Deferrals, Following an Earlier Decision to Cut Production From 21. The European Airframer Also Said That It Will Deliver “more Than 20 Aircraft” During 2010, With Onward Production Rates

Riding the waves of challenging times Profitable, with recent traffic growth nearing 20 per cent, consistently the US’s best airline for on-time performance, well regarded for its customer service, and ranked number one in the annual Airline Quality Rating for 2008 for US carriers, Hawaiian Airlines, like the islands it calls home, stands out as

The Australian Defence Force and the defence industry that relies on it will no doubt have welcomed the early May release of the government’s long-awaited Defence White Paper – Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific – Force 2030. On face value the shopping list of new capabilities to spring from the White Paper is impressive

An unprecedented international fare war was expected to erupt in April after Singapore Airlines slashed ticket prices by more than 50 per cent to 82 destinations in a 8desperate bid to entice Australian travellers to fill empty seats. The fare sale is the biggest and cheapest offered by the airline in Australia, relative to average

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AFF Rotorway Exec 162F 6982 11/2/09 Peter Cronk, 1047 Mount Crosby Rd Karana Downs Qld 4306 N8002E BDE Kavanagh E‑240 KB391 2/3/09 Global Ballooning, 1/173‑175 Swan St Richmond 3121 BGM Gippsland GA8‑TC 320 Airvan GA8‑TC 320‑08‑140 3/3/09 Gippsland Aeronautics, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 CHA Cessna 172S

Protectionsism’s ugly head If a return to protectionism and government subsidies in Europe and the US becomes a fix to financial woes, we stand to lose. Australian companies exporting aircraft, vehicles and military hardware will be threatened, while offshore defence and airline procurements demanding local content as offsets will find the going tougher. But the