Marc Joel Atrero

The power of lightning Precision weapons are the sting in the tale When Australia’s F-35 Lightning aircraft enter operational service, they will be equipped with a range of highly capable weapons enabling the aircraft to perform a range of missions from the outset. Integrated onto the F-35A is an initial basic weapons fit of a

More LCCs line up to win a share of the action In a country the size of South Korea, population around 50 million, you would think that six low cost carriers and two mainline full-service national airlines would be enough to meet travel demand on domestic and international air routes. Apparently not. This content is

Chaos as a Comet made landfall in Australia The scenes were nothing short of chaotic, with crowds spilling on to the active runway and airport staff worried that someone might be killed. About 25,000 people turned out at Sydney Airport on Sunday, December 4 1955 to welcome the arrival of de Havilland D.H.106 Comet 3

Market Power The disconnect between Australia’s and airports Most emails that land in my inbox during our magazine production deadline day I normally only given a cursory glance to. There’s nothing like a looming deadline to filter out unnecessary distraction. But this one caught my attention, an advisory for a media event being held by

From Perth-London nonstop to Project Sunrise, Qantas is crossing its final frontiers When Qantas Flight 9 touched down in London at the end of its historic nonstop flight from Perth a little after 5am local time on Sunday March 25, the remarkable had been made to seem routine. For the first time, Australia and the

How Cathay Pacific test flies its new aircraft Captain David Lohse knows what it is like to take an aircraft to the edge of its operating limits. That’s because as head of flight technical services for Cathay Pacific, it is his and his team of test pilots and flight test engineers’ job to ensure all