Marc Joel Atrero

Desert Storm Desert Storm, the military operation to retake Kuwait, ushered in the beginnings of the largest military campaign since WW2. Desert Storm also heralds the beginning of a new era in that it truly represents the first en masse use of high technology precision guided weaponry — indeed it is truly the world’s first

The Future of the South Pacific Regional Airlines More experts have conducted more studies on civil aviation amongst the South Pacific islands than any comparable area in the world. Often, they have concluded that the only viable policy for the Pacific’s isolated islands is to replace or subordinate their individual second-level airlines with a regional

 Considerable Markets Exists in Hub Bypass Routes: As a follow on to our article in March AA on Ansett Express and its hub bypass philosophy it is interesting to analyse further the potential market that exists to any operator that wishes to establish such operations. The 1987 May Report identified more than 100 point to

People Australian Airlines have appointed five General Managers to head divisions of the airline. Mr John Anderson, Customer Services; Mr Wally Mariani, Marketing and Sales; Mr Dave Wiltshire, Flight Operations; Ms Rita Compton, Human Resources; and Mr Bernie Smith, Maintenance and Engineering. The Civil Aviation Authority has appointed. acting General Managers to head recently reorganised

Hawker Pacific Restructuring in Victoria: Hawker Pacific have closed their servicing facilities at both Moorabbin and Essendon airports, citing Victoria’s depressed GA environment as the primary reason for the decision The company though is to further expand its operations at Eagle Farm, largely in support of Compass and other regional operators, and also at Oakey

Usaf to Retire F-111s: The US Air Force will retire most of its F-111 fleet by the mid 1990s. The tactical aircraft will be progressively retired due to the diminishing threat of East-West conflict, despite the fact that there remains no firm replacement for the F-111. Such is the apparent confusion over the retirement decision,