People Phil Young has been appointed passenger sales manager for Qantas in South Australia. Ken Ryan has been appointed Australian Airlines manager for South Australia and the Northern Territory. Gregor G Macauly has been appointed Vice President – Marketing for Compass Airlines replacing Alex Klujin who has been transferred to Sydney as Vice President –

The Royal Fights On: Despite a seemingly impossible situation in which the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales’ social and flying training activities have ground to a halt due to insolvency problems, the fight to save the 70 years old institution goes on. By the time these words are read, a special meeting will

American Looks at Rolls-Royce: American Airlines, in conjunction with Rolls-Royce, is examining a major life extension program for its 49-strong fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 widebody trijets. Apart from avionics and structural modifications and installing a two crew cockpit, the major part of the proposed package is replacing the DC-10s’ existing early series. General Electric

Traffic Soars in Record Sept Quarter: Continuing the boom that has been triggered by deregulation, Australa’s domestic airlines again broke several traffic records in the recently completed September quarter. During the quarter the airlines carried 4. 7 million passengers, an all time record. This enabled them to set another record with 15. 4m passengers being