Marc Joel Atrero

First Order for Passenger 747-8 Boeing Has Secured Its Long Awaited First Order for the 747-8 Intercontinental After Securing a Us$5. 5bn (a$7. 0bn) Order From A380 Customer Lufthansa. The Purchase Comprises of 20 Firm Orders and 20 Options. While Lufthansa is the First Airline to Commit to the 747-8i, Emirates, Cathay Pacific and British

So after an initial rebuff a syndicate of Australian and international private equity firms has succeeded in its debt-financed “off market” bid to acquire 100 per cent of Qantas for $5. 60 a share, valuing the airline at over $11 billion. The consortium is led by Macquarie Bank (limited to a less than 15 per

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Loose Lips Sink Ships…. On one particular aircraft that was being operated by my organisation, there was a PA system installed, but never used. Occasionally, due to an electrical fault or something in that area, the pilot’s calls were broadcast through the aircraft, so all of the passengers could hear what was going on. Now

Register Review Thirty-three entries make up the New Allocations section this month with, unfortunately, almost one third of these being re-registrations. The remainder cover a wide range of types from three new Boeing jet airliners for Ansett to two locally built Kavanagh balloons and three more Gazelles from Skyfox’s Caloundra production facility. Both helicopters listed

Todd Chapman lives in NSW at West Pennant Hills. He is a licensed pilot and was taxying at Bankstown Airport for circuits off Runway 11R, when a big nervous voice announced on 119.9 MHz: Vh-Whp: “Bankstown Ground, this is Cessna Whiskey-Hotel-Papa taxying solo for circuits, received Echo!” This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation