Marc Joel Atrero

 Record Qantas Loss Clears the Path for Future Prosperity: In accounting for $446. 4m in items, Qantas has announced a record net loss of $377. 2m for the year to June 30. The unusually high abnormal items were largely associated with the merger with Australian Airlines, and also a restructure of accounting practices in line

Time for a Rethink? The past year has certainly been bad news for the Civil Aviation Authority. Firstly, there was the very public and extremely embarrassing bloodletting over the TAAATS contract, followed by ongoing claims of low morale, confused management and finally the eleventh hour decision to abandon the introduction of a revised airspace classification

Good One Oz! A decade ago almost to the day, Australians young and old cheered the news that September morning that we had pulled off the seemingly impossible and claimed a trophy at Newport, Rhode Island, that signified much more than a mere victory in just another yacht race. That exuberance of our America’s Cup

Caa Board Places New Airspace Proposals on Hold  In a not entirely unexpected move, the CAA Board, citing the need for absolute surety in matters of aviation safety, has deferred the planned introduction of the much publicised and contentious sweeping changes to Australian airspace. The newly appointed CAA Board Chairman, General Peter Gration, stated that

Battle for Schofields Looks Lost: It now appears more than likely that the Dept of Defence will sell the HMAS Nirimba site at Schofields to non-aviation interests rather than retain the site for GA use. In discussions with AOPA’s Tony Wilkinson, Defence Minister Robert Ray reiterated that the sale must provide three clear objectives. Firstly

Saab 2000 Certification Delayed: Early customers for the Saab 2000 regional turboprop face hefty delivery delays and the operational and scheduling problems associated with that due to the aircraft’s certification being put back a year while ongoing longitudinal stability problems are solved. Certification is now planned for the end of 1994, the problems necessitating the