Commercial News Boeing Increases Production/Employment: With strong orders for Boeing products recently, the manufacturer has announced it will increase the production rate of the 777 from five to seven per month from July 1997. Boeing will also employ a further 5000 workers, bringing its total employment intake to 13,200 by the end of the year
Kiwi Collapses: On Monday September 9, Kiwi International Airlines announced that it had entered voluntary liquidation and had ceased all flying. The decision came after an appalling couple of months for the airline with numerous problems plaguing services culminating with the grounding of its leased A320 in Brisbane the week before. Chief Executive and founder
Whatever Happened to the Australian Aircraft Industry? As this magazine prepares to enter its third decade of publication it is thought provoking for your editor to look back upon some of the more incredible things he has witnessed in our wonderful industry. Perhaps the best, and certainly the most confusing, has been following the travails