Marc Joel Atrero

Due to our production schedules you’ll most likely be reading this column with the benefit of hindsight that I don’t have. You’ll know the result of November 24’s federal election, which was still 10 days away when this column was being written. But whoever wins, to varying degrees it seems it will be ‘business as

A Red Storm Rising September was a big month for Virgin Blue. Not only did it celebrate its seventh anniversary of operations, but it took delivery of its first Embraer E-Jet, opened a new airport lounge in Canberra, and revealed a new assault on the nation’s capital and lucrative government travel accounts. Virgin Blue revealed

It came as absolutely no surprise to anyone in the industry that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rejected absolutely suggestions from former Boeing engineer Vince Weldon that the 787 was “unsafe and brittle” and that it should alter the certification and testing process for the predominantly carbon fibre twin-jet. What is a surprise is

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Brisbane’s New Parallel Runway the Federal Government’s Green Light for Brisbane’s New Parallel Runway (Npr) Triggered the Expected Protests – Poorly Researched by Opponents and Media Alike. The Runway, Which Won’t Become Operational Until 2015, Has Been in Full Public Knowledge for Over 25 Years. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Elections may come and go – along with governments – but it is the bureaucracy that is the real stayer and which, in many ways, determines aviation policy. Anyone who has dealt with CASA in recent years knows that, despite a lot of window dressing and shuffling of deckchairs, not a great deal has changed