Marc Joel Atrero

Australian Bailout of Western Queensland Routes While Air Queensland Contracts Operations: Effective May 31 Australian Airlines withdrew their loss-making Jetstream services from the western Queensland routes. Their replacement will be 10 passenger Beech Super King Air 200s operated by New Guinea-based Talair Talair surprised many industry observers by winning the five year western route contract

Scenic Airship Flights Fully Booked: The Alan Bond/Ansett Airship’s Pacific scenic flights over Sydney have proven to be a great success with hundreds of forward bookings already logged for the months ahead. The Bankstown-based joy flight operation commenced during May and for $200 a person gets to experience a 75 minute scenic flight over Sydney

Us Coast Guard Nomad Purchase Not a Direct Sale: Ike us, you thought the reported price of $A29m, for seven Nomad Search master aircraft for the USCG was a little high then don’t worry, it isn’t a misquote. The $A29m actually is basically a contra under the terms of the defence export initiative of October

Iae Ditch the Superfan in Shock Move: International Aero Engines startled the aviation world during April with the shock announcement that their revolutionary Superfan very high bypass ratio shrouded turbotan was being dropped as a viable programme. Most surprised by the announcement was Airbus who had been pinning much of their recent marketing efforts for

Dealing with the Government – Is It Really Worth the Bother? The ongoing state of confusion over the awarding of Australia’s tactically important Coastwatch surveillance operation to a previously unknown operator raises a number of questions within the GA industry relating to whether it is really an economically viable proposition dealing with the government and

Computer Key to Cost-Effective Flying The evolution of civil aircraft technology has been characterised by a drive towards three goals: greater safety, greater operational reliability and a reduction in the actual cost of flying from place to place. This evolution has now been overshadowed by another, more widespread in its application – microcircuit technology. Avionics