Middle East airlines defy recession Mark Twain’s famous quote “rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated” brings a smile to Emirates’ President Tim Clark, whose office overlooks an airport that does not seem to know the meaning of the word recession. Just 12 months ago naysayers were predicting Emirates would be forced to merge with

When one thinks of Qantas, one doesn’t usually associate Australia’s flag carrier with defence and third party support work. But the airline has a division which is dedicated to just that. Qantas Defence Services, recently moved from under Qantas Engineering into the new Qantas Aviation Services (QAS) division headed by Glenn Brown who joined the

Jetstar and the Airbus A321 While it has presented some challenges to its operating model, Jetstar’s growing fleet of Airbus A321s is carving out a valuable niche in its expanding network, particularly on longer routes. At 213 seats in Jetstar’s all-economy configuration, the A321s offers 36 more seats than the A320, while the similarities in

Over the top Down Under The sounds of large military jet formation teams has been missing from our shores for too long, so it was both a thrill and relief for Australian air show enthusiasts to see the USAF Thunderbirds in action over The Strand in Townsville in late September after an absence of 17