Marc Joel Atrero

We have seen another solid 12 months for bizjet deliveries to operators in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and PNG. In our review period 24 aircraft were delivered to the region and as a result fleet numbers increased from 134 to 150. However, under the current economic conditions, it is impossible to say what we

Set to ride out the tough times While the credit crisis has caused fear among some businesses, the current economic uncertainty has not dented what has overall been a very strong year for Australia’s business aviation sector. “The interest has been going along very nicely,” said David Bell, executive director of the Australian Business Aviation

RAAF KC-30 delays The first of five KC-30 tankers for the RAAF will now not be delivered by EADS CASA until some six to nine months later than planned, sometime in the fourth quarter of next year, the Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO’s) MRTT Project Team has confirmed to Australian Aviation. In the May issue of

Bruce Buchanan takes the reins as Jetstar’s new CEO Jetstar is proving something of a breeding ground for executive talent for the Qantas Group. The airline’s founding CEO, Alan Joyce, has taken a moonshot ride to be appointed the Qantas CEO, based in large part on his track record in establishing and successfully running Jetstar.

Despite being a surprise appointment to the position of Chief of Air Force this year, Air Marshal Mark Binskin’s prestigious career in the RAAF has not been an overnight success. Initially a Navy A-4 Skyhawk pilot, he transferred to the RAAF in 1984 after he had completed an exchange flying the Mirage III and the

The A380 enters Qantas service Almost eight years after it was first ordered, the Airbus A380 has entered service with Qantas, with the airline’s first revenue passenger service departing Melbourne on Monday October 20 bound for Los Angeles. Qantas’s first and thus far only A380, VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton, departed Melbourne at 11. 33am (pictured above)