Marc Joel Atrero

In the last financial year, Boeing sold seven 737-500s, BAe sold nine 146s, ATR ten -72s and Airbus six A319s Against these rival aircraft in the 65 to 120 seat regional transport class, Fokker sold 22 of their 70 and 100 series jetliners. Against such competition, the Dutch manufacturer, which is now part of the

Qantas Chairman Right on Target Our editorial last month on Qantas needing to be more innovative certainly struck some chords in the right places. Unfortunately lack of space constrained us greatly on the breadth of what we really wanted to say, so this issue we are going to take the same subject further with a

Eurofighter 2000- Reinventing the Wheel? The much awaited Eurofighter 2000 will enter military service a quarter century after the F-15 Eagle, and yet it is an aircraft that will be only marginally more capable than its much older cousin. While the Eurofighter 2000 will possess a number of benefits over the Eagle and all other

Thai Delays Airliner Deliveries: Thai Airways has delayed the delivery of eight Airbus A330s, four Boeing 747-400s and four 777s. The delivery postponements follow a management examination of Thai’s aircraft orders, and were accompanied with the cancellation of seven A330 options. The A330s were originally scheduled to be delivered to Thai from November 1994 and

Choosing The Correct Computer Based Flight Simulator System Last month I promised to write about computers and equipment needed to run the advanced flight simulator software that has been reviewed in Australian Aviation over the past few months. There are many options, depending mainly on the depth of your pocket. I will try to present

Ba Concerned Over 777 Weight Problems: British Airways is becoming increasingly concerned over what it sees as a potentially damaging weight problem with the Boeing 777. Commercial Tract: One of the leading contenders for the contract to supply a new air traffic control system for Australia-Hughes-has recently won the contract to supply a similar system