Marc Joel Atrero

The Asian Armada Buried deep in the filing cabinets of some airline analysts and airline CEO offices around Asia are reports that confidently predicted that Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) would never succeed in the region. The premise was simple and, to most, convincing. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

Growing pains for Canberra Airport Canberra’s once quiet airport is positioning itself to take on more flights from around Australia and even as an alternative airport for the Sydney basin. The Australian Airports Association’s 2007 Capital City Airport of the Year is close to bursting at the seams. Canberra Airport bustles with activity at peak

Lockmart assures Australia F-35 delivery dates are not a bridge too far Lockheed Martin F-35 Program Head Tom Burbage Made a Flying Visit to Australia in Early February as New Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon’s Air Combat Review Got Underway. Company Officials Said He Was Always Due to Visit His “customer” Around This Time and That,

As its national fleet swells by four aircraft to a total of 51 this month, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia is preparing to celebrate its first flight by a single, chartered aircraft 80 years ago. The “mantle of safety’’ envisaged by Presbyterian missionary the Rev John Flynn in the 1920s has become the

Is Australia the next citadel to fall to the AirAsia invasion? Buried deep in the filing cabinets of some airline analysts and airline CEO offices around Asia are reports that confidently predicted that Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) would never succeed in the region. The premise was simple and, to most, convincing. This content is available

Defence reviews Navy’s Seasprite program The Royal Australian Navy’s ailing Seasprite is once again facing the axe after Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon announced the helicopter had been identified as one of two troubled defence programs currently under review during his opening speech at the PAC 08 naval exposition and sea power conference in Sydney in