Marc Joel Atrero

MD-12 Design Firms: After studying various configurations with two, three and four engines (refer p7 May 92 AA), McDonnell Douglas has introduced a revolutionary new design for its MD-12 long range airliner which is planned to enter service in 1997. The new airliner will have four engines and features a double deck widebody fuselage capable

Government Rethinks Safety Levy: Following a massive groundswell of industry resentment against the Federal Government’s proposed Safety Tax, Minister for Shipping and Aviation, Senator Bob Collins announced on May 7 that the Government is to re-examine its decision as to future cost recovery for aviation safety regulation. (referp67 April 92, p4 May 92 and p23

Give Qantas afair Go By Keeping It Australian! It is perhaps ironic that the current recession and worldwide reduction in airline activity could well prove a godsend for those many forward thinking people who would prefer to keep both the ownership of Qantas and Australian Airlines in Australia rather than selling both offto foreign competitors

Give Qantas afair Go By Keeping It Australian! It is perhaps ironic that the current recession and worldwide reduction in airline activity could well prove a godsend for those many forward thinking people who would prefer to keep both the ownership of Qantas and Australian Airlines in Australia rather than selling both offto foreign competitors

Register Review A good cross section of types make up the New Allocations this month including some that have been flying in Australia for a while but details have only just filtered through the CAA system. These have been included so that those who have bought the AA Civil Aircraft Register either in book or

Eastwest Fokker F100s Eastwest Airlines operating fleet is fairly well documented as consisting of a single 727-200 and seven BAe 146-300s. Not so well known is the fact that Eastwest was also the owner ofthree Fokker 100s. The Fokker 100s were evidently ordered in 1987as an F28 replacement however they were never delivered and instead