Marc Joel Atrero

Retention Bonus Introduced In an effort to stem the flow of air traffic control (ATC) officers leaving the Australian Defence Force for more attractive civil jobs, the Government is to introduce a $70,000 ‘Retention Bonus’ to tempt them to stay on. The loss rate has increased markedly since early 1995 when AirServices Australia began a

Boeing Boosts Production Boeing will increase the production rates of its airliners from the fourth quarter of 1996 in order to recover from delivery delays caused by the recent 10-week strike. The new rates will be: 737 increasing from seven to 8.5 per month; 747 from two to 3.5 per month; 757 planned reduction from

Commercial Concorde Speeds On Concorde celebrated 20 years of commercial service in January, and British Airways is planning to keep the world’s only supersonic transport in service for another two decades. Since the inaugural service from London Heathrow to Bahrain on January 21, 1976, BA’s seven Concordes have made some 42,000 flights, logged more than

Fokker Deadline Looms The future of Fokker was in doubt at press time following majority shareholder Daimler-Benz Aerospace’s late January decision to withdraw financial support from the troubled manufacturer. DASA’s announcement of its decision not to provide further financial support for the debt-laden Fokker has forced the Dutch airframer to seek bankruptcy protection, similar to

Time for a Change There are a lot of things one can argue about in life though one thing that almost every person in aviation readily agrees with is the concept that the present Minister for Transport/Aviation has not been good news for our industry. Well, thankfully we live in a democracy which of course

It’s the festive season, so let’s all relax and take a peek into the future at what might be, if only … This is Newsdesk, January issue year 2000. Qantas Accepts Final A340 Qantas accepted the 15th and final in its order for Airbus A340-300LRs on Christmas Eve. “The type has allowed us to pioneer