Marc Joel Atrero

Boeing is confident that despite further delay’s to the 787’s first flight it can meet its planned first delivery target of May next year. Boeing told investors and journalists on September 5 that it now does not expect the 787, which was rolled out amid great fanfare on July 8, to fly until sometime between

One of the fences was damaged during a ground handling incident at Bangkok on September 1, and Airbus decided to remove it and the opposite fence so the aircraft could continue its Asian tour. (Airbus) Commercial Order and Delivery Milestones for Boeing Boeing Delivered Its 3000th Widebody Airliner on August 27, a 777-200er for Korean

Historic Times at Qantas First 707 returns, private buyout bid On December 16 2006 Qantas’s very first jet aircraft, Boeing 707-138B City of Canberra, landed at Sydney after a 14,000nm (25,950km) journey from England. It was the culmination of the most complex restoration project ever undertaken by Australians. . . most of them retired Qantas

And the winner is …Boeing!! The crown in the “2006 Airliner Orders Stakes” run over a full year on a sometimes fluid track is well and truly with Boeing. The quality of the customers, across the entire product line is an investor’s dream. Qantas and Singapore Airlines firm on the 787, Lufthansa launching the 747-8

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIALNUMBER/DATE/OWNEROROPERATOR/PREVIOUSREGISTRATIONS AKZ Wittman W‑8 Tailwind21814/11/06PetrusPretorius, 27MainsailDrCaboolture Qld 4510 N118T ALM Bell206BJetRangerIII300730/11/06CompleteHelicopterServices, 21 Valentine Ct Narangba Qld 4504 JA9256 AMG Cessna 210N Centurion 21064075 6/12/06 Cabin Farming, PO Box 624 Saint George Qld 4487 C-GTSW N5106Y AOE KavanaghB‑350B350‑35211/12/06Cloud9BalloonFlights, 227BAnnangrove Rd Annangrove NSW 2156 ATH Agusta A109E Power 11684 21/11/06 Heliflite, PO Box YQ Bankstown

New Year saw positive moves at several regional ports long or recently abandoned. Grafton/Taree to Sydney once supported Fokker F27s and then Dash 8s each loading near 30,000 passengers per annum, but traffic numbers had steadily declined with the introduction of Jetstream 31s, Beech 1900Ds and finally Metros (all lacking cabin service) provided by several