Marc Joel Atrero

Tale Of Three Horses Relations between countries of differing cultures calls for a lot of understanding and diplomacy when it comes to dealing with each other’s sensibilities. In recent times Sweden has been keen to expand the sales prospects of its weaponry outside its traditional customer base, and so was highly keen to put on

Air New Zealand Set For Record Profits, Capacity Growth Analysts at Henry Hay McIntosh have predicted that Air New Zealand’s after tax profit will jump to as high as $NZ245m for the 12 months to June 30 this year (up from the previous result of $NZ190.5m), based in part on the carrier’s strong traffic growth

After a few lean years, during which flying training activity declined sharply, there are now clear signs emerging that the industry has returned to growth. According to the latest air transport statistics published by the Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics, flying training activity increased by 3.6% in 1993. This was the first year of

By any measure, Rodger and Wai Davidson are successful. After nearly 20 years their wholesale nursery operation at Galston, in Sydney’s north west, has become the country’s largest supplier of camellias and azaleas. In the process, they have become Galston’s largest employer, taking on up to 70 staff as the seasons dictate. Long before Bob

Regional Airline News Air Maroochy Airlines ceased operations on December 30 with its Maroochydore to Brisbane service being transferred to Flight West Airlines. Airnorth took delivery of Metro 23 N3022L msn DC-840B at Darwin on February 9 after the aircraft ferried in from the United States. The Metro 23 later entered service with Airnorth as

Neptune News From Perth in Western Australia comes the news that the Lockheed SP-2H Neptune imported by AeroCorp Australia has still not been used by local fire fighting organisations to fight bushfires. The Neptune, N54317, was imported several years ago and after arrival in Perth was extensively reworked for firefighting duties. Some $600,000 was spent