Tom Ballantyne
AuthorSeamless Skies
February 11, 2020 0 commentThis feature from the February 2020 edition of Australian Aviation explores how Seamless Skies would bring harmonisation to air traffic management, create efficient flows along the region’s airways and save tens of millions of dollars in costly fuel.
Read moreFire and ice as low-cost carriers battle in the Asia Pacific
September 28, 2019 1 commentThis story by Tom Ballantyne on the operating environment for low-cost carriers in Asia first appeared in the August 2019 edition of Australian Aviation.
Read moreFrom the archives: Longreach: Qantas Boeing 747 VH-OJA’s record flight
August 17, 2019 5 commentThis story from Australian Aviation’s archives is from 2015, when Tom Ballantyne wrote about being on Qantas’s record making London-Sydney flight in 1989.
Read moreChina and Russia challenging the commercial aircraft incumbents
June 29, 2019 6 commentTom Ballantyne writes about the challenge coming from China and Russia in the commercial aircraft market in the June 2019 edition of Australian Aviation.
Read morePilot training: problems and solutions
April 6, 2019 3 commentThis story by Tom Ballantyne from the March 2019 edition of Australian Aviation looks at the pilot training challenges facing the aviation industry.
Read moreFantastic beasts: the Pratt and Whitney GTF engine
January 26, 2019 4 commentThis Australian Aviation feature from Tom Ballantyne looks at the where to next for Pratt and Whitney’s geared turbofan engine.
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