Marc Joel Atrero

Turbulence for Airservices amid staff shortages and technology delays “Now, let me start by saying I don’t think our performance in some areas has been acceptable,” Airservices Australia CEO Greg Russell told the organisation’s annual ‘Waypoint’ industry conference in Canberra in late June. The boss of Australia’s air traffic services provider was being typically frank

It was a ‘back to the future’ moment on June 18 when Gippsland Aeronautics announced that it would take over support and restart production of the N24 Nomad. The announcement was part of a ceremony at Gippsland’s facility at Latrobe Regional Airport where Boeing Australia handed over the type certificate for the Nomad, which it

Commercial Quarter of Aircraft Backlog at Risk Between 25 to 30 Per Cent of Airbus’s and Boeing’s Order Backlog Could Be at Risk of Deferral or Cancellation as Oil Forces a Number of Airlines to Cut Back or Fail, According to a Report in the ‘wall Street Journal’. “everything is on the Table When an

Any second now you almost expect to hear the twang as the elastic band breaks. It seems that the local and international airline industry is under as much strain as at any time since the 9/11 terrorist attacks nearly seven years ago. Half a dozen airlines have collapsed in the US this year already, United

In May Emirates paid its staff a 14 weeks salary bonus for its record profit and in an instant ensured the continuation of its excellent management/ staff relationship. For a senior airport agent based in Australia that meant $10,000 and ensured that the best airline staff in the world would continue to beat a path

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