Marc Joel Atrero

Departure Tax Gets A New Name As Airlines Get Slugged The May 10 Federal Budget saw the end of the $25 Departure Tax, this revenue generator being replaced by a $27 ‘passenger movement charge’. The move is a means by which the Government hopes to be able to bury the charge in the cost of

Breaking Up the FAC: A Dumb Idea! It seems that barely a month is allowed to pass without we in aviation having to wade into yet another battle with our political masters over some form of aeronautical insanity. The latest assault revolves around Transport Minister Laurie Brereton’s lust for selling off Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport, beginning

Ansett Makes Its International Move: After months of speculation Ansett finally revealed its international strategy on May 3. Speculation that the airline would be acquiring a whole new fleet of international and domestic jets was quashed with the announcement that instead the airline would be leasing two existing 747s from Singapore Airlines (with an option

Breaking Up the FAC: A Dumb Idea! It seems that barely a month is allowed to pass without we in aviation having to wade into yet another battle with our political masters over some form of aeronautical insanity. The latest assault revolves around Transport Minister Laurie Brereton’s lust for selling off Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport, beginning

GA to Get Slaughtered by Airport Selloff Last month’s Reece bemoaned the fact that breaking up the existing Federal Airports Corporation (FAC) network of 22 airports to just sell off the three big money earners was, to put it bluntly, a pretty dumb idea. Our argument followed the lines of logic and the fact that

GA to Get Slaughtered by Airport Selloff Last month’s Reece bemoaned the fact that breaking up the existing Federal Airports Corporation (FAC) network of 22 airports to just sell off the three big money earners was, to put it bluntly, a pretty dumb idea. Our argument followed the lines of logic and the fact that