Marc Joel Atrero

Pakistan Flies Our Mirages: The Pakistan Air Force has put seven of the 50 Mirage Ills 1t acquired from the RAAF service, despite them having very few flying hours remaining. The seven have been overhauled and made operational at the Mirage Rebuild Factory at Kamra, but they have only about 100 hours of air frame

MD-12 on Offer: McDonnell Douglas has begun offering its MD-12 long range trijet to the world’s airlines, preparatory to a formal launch in 1992 if sufficient provisional orders have been booked. The MD-12 is an enlarged, longer range development of the new MD-11 which in turn is derived from the DC-10. With a wing span

Commercial BA/Airbus at War: A row has developed between Airbus Industrie and British Airways, with the manufacturer deciding to exclude the airline from studies to develop its proposed 700-800 seat “superjumbo” airliner. In addition, BAs top management was not invited to the recent A340 rollout ceremony. The squabble comes about as a result of BA

 Northwest Cans Midway: After purchasing 21 of bankrupt Midway Airlines” gates at Chicago last month, Northwest Airlines has cancelled plans to acquire the remaining assets of the smaller carrier following the discovery that Midway’s actual traffic and yield performance was rather different than what had been reported. . The takeover of Midway was the latest

Deregulation’s First Year – Oh What a Feeling! It is two years ago and the Australian airline industry is decimated by the pilots’ dispute. Business travel is conducted in chartered Boeings, Chieftains and Hercules whilst discretionary leisure travel has to mostly make do with long and arduous coach and rail journeys. It is difficult to

Deregulation’s First Year – Oh What a Feeling! It is two years ago and the Australian airline industry is decimated by the pilots’ dispute. Business travel is conducted in chartered Boeings, Chieftains and Hercules whilst discretionary leisure travel has to mostly make do with long and arduous coach and rail journeys. It is difficult to