Marc Joel Atrero

Australian airlines are set to face more challenges under the federal government’s proposed emissions trading scheme as set out in its recent green paper. That was the opinion of the CEOs of Qantas and Virgin Blue, but other aviation interest groups are holding their fire until more details on how the ETS may affect inputs

Pat Shanahan is no stranger to complexity. The man tasked with shepherding the 787 through its well documented production woes to first flight, certification and customer deliveries came to the job after leading Boeing’s Missile Defense Systems unit, which works in the highly complex, technologically advanced fields of missile defence and directed energy technologies. This

Australia’s two biggest carriers, Qantas and Virgin Blue, have cut their capacity growth projections for the current year as the price of jet fuel continues to bite. While both carriers had previously announced capacity cuts in June, both announced further cuts in July, including the first mention of redundancies from an industry which has, until

Farnborough News – Commercial Strong Showing Fo Airbus at Farnborough Airbus Had a Successful Farnborough Airshow in Announcing Orders for 247 Aircraft, but Warned That It Was Facing Slower Sales in the Second Half of the Year. “air Transport Will Continue to Grow, There Also Will Be a Need for the Replacement of Older Aircraft,”

Generational change is under way at the top of Qantas, which has put in place a leadership succession plan in a time of complex challenges in trying operational circumstances. Newly appointed CEO-designate Alan Joyce will take over the reins of Qantas in late November from the long serving, hugely successful Geoff Dixon. Joyce is a

Service Cuts Vs Big Aircraft Jetstar Has Announced It Will Quit Its Maroochydore- Adelaide, Brisbane-hobart and Sydney-proserpine Runs, With the Latter Raising a Whitsunday Storm. Each Route Has Been Flown Only Three Times a Week in a Relatively Large 177-seat A320 Which Has Proven to Be Too Big to Provide Optimum Frequency for Time-strapped Travellers.