Marc Joel Atrero

Another shade of blue Five years since it started, Pacific Blue has grown from a small adjunct to Virgin Blue’s domestic Australian services, the New Zealand based carrier has become a major growth vehicle for the Virgin Blue Group. During those five years, it’s been a busy time for the Christchurch-based airline. After starting with

Despite receiving a number of submissions from airlines, tourism operators and different industry groups, there has been little change in the aviation industry’s treatment in the government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) white paper, which was released on December 15 last year. As with the original green paper released in July 2008, the paper

Qantas retires the 747 ‘Classic’ Tuesday January 20 saw the end of an era in Australian commercial aviation with the departure from Australia of Qantas’s last ‘Classic’ 747-300. Qantas personnel who had worked on or with the Classic gathered along the fence line next to Sydney Airport’s old control tower beach along with a group

Our Beloved Patron and my dear friend Nancy Bird-Walton AO, OBE, Hon. DSC., Hon. ME sadly passed away peacefully in her sleep on the 15th of January, 2009 at 2pm. Although hospitalised earlier after a nasty fall, right up until two days before her passing Nancy was going on daily walks and cheerfully answering a

Commercial Doubts Emerge on Cseries Influential Aerospace Analyst Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group Has Given the Bombardier Cseries a “less Than 50 Per Cent” Chance of Operating. Teal Recently Removed the Pw100g Powered Cseries From Its Long Term Analysis, Mostly Due to the Fact That the Aircraft Has Not Yet Received a Firm Order

With the world economy turning south and airlines worldwide under great financial pressure, it is easy to lose sight of some of the longer term issues facing aviation – most notably environmental challenges. But despite today’s financial pain, most airlines and certainly aircraft and engine manufacturers realise the importance in dramatically reducing aviation’s contribution to