Marc Joel Atrero

Two US airlines with regional backgrounds blossomed after deregulation. From modest beginnings, both grew amid megacarriers without being bought out. Both were reclassified, based on comparable revenues, as “major” airlines the same year. Both were products of the West, where independence and self reliance are esteemed. Yet, one of these airlines has reported its 19th

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Imagine a technology which would enable a 15% reduction in fuel burn or a corresponding increase in range and the tremendous implications such a technology would have on the airline industry and the aviation community as a whole. This can be achieved by decreasing drag through keeping the air passing over the top of the

Easier Tasman Travel Link Seen NZ Minister of Commerce, Mr Burdon, has predicted much easier trans-Tasman travel. He believes customs hold-ups would be minimised by the early 2000s. Mr Burdon says passengers will be able to board an aircraft in Wellington and disembark in Melbourne with “no greater formality than if you were disembarking in

50 Years Ago . . . April 1 – New Guinea. Japanese landings at Hollandia and Sorong. Malta. Amid many raids, Ju 87 probables are claimed by Sgt Tony Boyd, now in 185 Squadron, and Sgt Jack Pauley of 229 Squadron. Pauley bails out of his Hurricane and is admitted to hospital with shrapnel wounds.

United on Target to Become World’s Largest Airline After flying through its fair share of turbulence in the nineteen eighties, United Airlines has entered the century’s final decade in a revitalised form with the firm intention of becoming the world’s largest single airline, something it may well achieve during the course of this year. United’s