Marc Joel Atrero

X-30 Nasp Programme Management Restructure The United States’ X-30 National Aerospace Plane programme is progressing in spite of a major revision of its management structure. The NASP project had been under the control of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) until April this year, when control of the project was passed to the USAF.

New Landing Fees Proposed The Federal Airport Corporation’s proposed ‘season ticket’ system for aircraft using secondary capital city airports represents yet another burden on general aviation. On the other hand, the FAC has looked at several other ways of reducing its losses and found none of them suitable or efficient. The industry certainly does not

Merger Plan Fades Into Obscurity Whatever enthusiasm the New Zealand Government initially felt for Senator Gareth Evans’ proposal for a merger of Qantas, Air New Zealand and Australian Airlines, it handled the matter very clumsily. Quite understandably, the New Zealand airline was highly miffed to have to learn from the newspapers that talks on the

Fokker Fleet Movements Still plenty happening on the Fokker scene, so for the third issue in a row we have something to report. Air Queensland have sold a second F27 to Pakistan International Airlines. F27-200 VH-FNW c/n 10254, which has been stored at Brisbane Airport since last November, departed there on April 29th for Mount

Maritime Strike the Soviet Perspective The Western Alliance Is largely comprised of maritime nations and as such depends upon its Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC) for both trade and for power projection. The importance of the shipping lanes to the Western economy cannot be understated, while they also represent the primary means of resupplying NATO

Airport Congestion Becoming A Major Problem Around the World Airport, and airways congestion, is rapidly becoming a major problem throughout the world’s air transport system. From Heathrow to Hawaii, the natural economic growth of air transport is beginning to be hindered by major sources of congestion at the world’s major airports. Essentially the number of