Marc Joel Atrero

Airbus Winning So Far: Airbus Industrie is celebrating taking thelion’s share of announced orders fornew airliners of over 100 seats so far in1994, having won 55% of the market inthe first six months of the year. Airbus’ 69 new orders gave it the lead, followed by Boeing with 51 orders (41%) and McDonnell Douglas (four

China Route Again Open To Review: In a draft decision on August 8, the International Air Services Commission stated that it was not allowing a time extension for new entrant Australia Air to raise the capital required to allow commencement of air services to China. Prior to the IASC draft decision, Australia Air founder Colin

Crunch Time At The Caa It has been a long time in coming but the July 20 release of the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation reports into two significant air crashes has certainly spelt crunch time for the beleaguered Civil Aviation Authority. The BASI reports had all the hallmarks of a brewing thunderstorm. Weeks before

Crunch Time At The CAA It has been a long time in coming but the July 20 release of the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation reports into two significant air crashes has certainly spelt crunch time for the beleaguered Civil Aviation Authority. The BASI reports had all the hallmarks of a brewing thunderstorm. Weeks before

Register Review Unfortunately the positive remarks about the growing numbers of aircraft on the CAA register last month have been undermined by a downward trend this month with 16 aircraft registered plus three restorations but on the negative side there were 26 aircraft deleted from the register. Of the four helicopters in the New Allocations

Strung Out! Back in the 1950s, aircrew in the USAF flying C-97s, the military version of the Boeing Stratocruiser four engined airliner, often got bored with carting army personnel all over the US and Canada to various exercises. The routine flying got very monotonous, so one crew member of a Stratocruiser thought he had better