Marc Joel Atrero

Virgin Blue opened a new ‘The Lounge’ at Sydney Airport’s T2 on September 2, using the occasion to showcase its business and premium economy class products for its V Australia international offshoot, and to announce the establishment of a new crew base in Sydney to drive its growth from that city. The new 1815m2 Lounge

Commercial Boeing to Consolidate 787 Work at Fishermans Bend Boeing Will Move a Large Proportion of Its Aircraft Fabrication and Repair Work in Australia From Its Hawker De Havilland (Hdh) Facility in Melbourne in the Coming Months to Make Room for an Expected Ramp Up in 787 Dreamliner Production. Hdh Manufactures Composite 787 Trailing Edge

There’s no direct safety issues, but Qantas seems in danger of dropping the ball – that seems to be the key message from CASA’s “special” safety review into Qantas maintenance (see p20). But it is hard to take too much more of a message out of the review than just that. This content is available

“Hopefully the only thing you will notice between me and Geoff is an Irish accent”– Alan Joyce, Qantas CEO designate, July 28 2008. Qantas staff will be hoping that life under Alan Joyce will be far more than just a different accent, and while the strategies may well be the same the delivery will be

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AAY Team F1 Rocket 130 16/6/08 Roger Avery, PO Box 245 Busselton WA 6280 ZU‑FIR ACE Beech Hawker 900XP HA‑0049 19/5/08 Remorex, PO Box 1398 West Perth WA 6872 N31959 ANE Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3 525B‑0196 17/6/08 Celijet Charter, PO Box 373 Leeton NSW 2705 N396CJ BYV Aerospatiale

With the introduction of Part 137 for fixed wing aerial application, all application pilots are required to successfully complete an annual proficiency check (APC) before commencing application operations. This new requirement has already caused confusion because of the lack of guidance material from CASA to explain what is required, but AAAA has produced an annual