Marc Joel Atrero

Following a successful event last year FunFlight 2008 is promising to bring a day of fun – in the air and on the ground – for seriously ill children and their families around Australia on November 9. FunFlight is an event where a number of sick children are given a day out of fun and

Australian Aerospace handed over the first two of 46 MRH 90 troop lift helicopters destined for Army and Navy operations on December 18 during an in-service date (ISD) ceremony at its Brisbane Airport facility. A crowd of about 350 defence and industry delegates from Australia, France and Germany joined Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, Greg

O’Connor airlines loses its fight for survival The fight for survival by O’Connor Airlines, founded at Mount Gambier in South Australia in 1973 and a long time battler against larger rivals, ended on December 14 last year when the regional airline’s receiver failed to get a satisfactory offer to keep its depleted fleet operating. The

Australia looks set to welcome a new airline later this year with Indonesian low cost carrier Lion Mentari Airlines announcing that it will start an Australian based operation. The new airline, to be called Lion Air Australia, will be a joint venture between Lion and Brisbane based operator SkyAirWorld. This content is available exclusively to

Commercial Boeing Racks Up Another Record Tally the New Year Was Barely Four Days Old When Boeing Announced It Had Sold a Net Total of 1413 Airliners in 2007, 358 More Than the Previous Record of 1055 Net Orders Recorded by Airbus in 2005 Which Itself Was Closely Followed by the 1044 Boeing Logged in

In the office of Deputy Chief of Air Force (DCAF) Air Vice Marshal John Blackburn is a framed photograph of R1, the headquarters building at Russell Offices in Canberra which is home to the Chief of Defence Force, the Secretary of the Department of Defence, the service chiefs and their deputies, among others. R1 is