Marc Joel Atrero

General Aviation Could Be Hit Again for Additional Airport Revenue: At the 15th Ansett Travel & Transport Writer’s Seminar held in Adelaide during early April, Mr Bill Swingler, Chief Executive of the Federal Airports Corporation (refer story p17 this issue) stated that virtually all GA airports were losing money and that their performance would have

Stronger Trans Tasman Trade Ties Good News for Our Defence and Aerospace Industries: The joint military trade agreement signed in March between the Australian and New Zealand Governments holds positive implications for our defence industry. Principally, the agreement tied New Zealand in with Australia’s planned purchase of 8 light patrol frigates. New Zealand will also

Airbus A330/340 Launch Imminent: Formal launch of the A330/340 was expected as we closed for press. This will ensure that the development programme continues on time for entry into service of the A340 for May 1992 and the A330 twinjet one year later. Both Lufthansa (with 30 ordered) and Air Fr- ance have already unofficially

Looking Towards a Brighter Future In this edition of Australian Aviation, we are proud to feature a special supplement celebrating the 60th anniversary of Hawker de Havilland. In this multi-billion dollar world of aerospace, it is easy to get blase about mere facts and figures. However, it is worth noting that at age 60, our

After you, Ma’am! East West Airlines are certainly thought of amongst the general population as the underdogs in the Australian domestic airline scene. In fact this was a major perception revealed via the May Enquiry. Certainly, EWA proportionally gets more first-timers and infrequent fliers than do the two majors. It is interesting to see the

Register Review Once again in this issue balloons and airliners dominate the new allocations. Twenty six balloons have been registered during the period covered, mosthaving been in the country for quite some time but only now being put on the register, including a South African-made Flamboyant AX8, JOZ. Eight new Boeing 737s for Ansell, three