Marc Joel Atrero

Now in their seventh year of operation, that unique American invention, the Frequent Flyer programme has lately become a major nightmare for its creators. Originally conceived as a means of promoting brand loyalty, the benefits and incentives nowadays freely available have expanded beyond the original concept to the point of not even requiring the participant

New Day Fighter Squadron Takes Off The Royal Australian Air Force is to re-establish No. 76 Squadron – as a day fighter unit operating from Williamtown Air Base near Newcastle. It will be equipped with Macchi MB-326H jets which have been used by the RAAF as advanced trainers, since 1967. The reformation of No76 Squadron,

It wasn’t too long ago when the very mention of the Government Aircraft Factories caused most regional aerospace industry people to grimace. In fairness to the poetically named GAF though, most of its problems were as a direct result of its bureaucratic parentage. Any organisation that is totally government-owned and scrupulously run under stringent Public

McDonnell Douglas MD-91 & MD-92 Creating commercial best sellers from drawing board designs is the ultimate goal of every airframe manufacturer. Some aircraft make It in the real world airliner marketplace while others, for a variety of reasons, either fail financially to break even or struggle to remain in production from year to year as

Review of Operational Control The ABAA are pleased to note that the recent review of the future of operational control, undertaken by officers within the Department of Transport and Communications, has resulted in a number of recommendations for change. At first glance it does appear that, in adopting some of the recommendations, the DTAC will

A change of pace for our Air Safety column as we begin to run items of interest from the RAAF’s excellent Spotlight journal. Spotlight is produced by the RAAF’s Directorate of Air Force Safety and though relating primarily to military aviation, contains much of direct relevance and interest to airline and private pilot alike. The