At Jetstar an apple doesn’t fall far from the tree Jetstar’s Peter Wyatt has been a commercial airline pilot since 1979 and this year was joined at the airline by his son, Tom who, like his father, now also flies the Airbus A320. Twenty-five years separates the commencement of their careers, a quarter century marked
The iPad makes its mark on the flightdeck The brown ring-binders full of Jeppesen charts have been increasingly assigned to history and the rustling of unfolding maps has gone silent. Flightdecks have increasingly moved into the digital age over recent years, but the implementation of iPads within Qantas has resulted in a number of positive
Darwin Airport looks to Asia For the second year in a row, Darwin International Airport has been awarded the World Routes Airport Marketing Award for airports under four million passengers. Achieving its status as a worldleading airport in delivering services to airline passengers is recognition of the success of marketing initiatives undertaken by Darwin International
Scratching the bug of owning your own aeroplane I’ve heard it all before. “If it floats or flies, rent it,” and “if you want to make a small fortune, start with a big one and buy an aeroplane”. It all makes perfect sense to me and yet still I feel the emotion rising and the
Where we’re all a little bit slimy At least until recently, talking to computers required a special language. Even an apparently simple task like a web search rewarded users who could think in terms of keywords instead of sentences. This is not how we will interact with computers in the future. How do I know?
Spectacular launch for the 777X Perhaps the 777X can be described as the art of perfection – the perfect combination of reliable systems and the best of proven new technology. The combination of lessons learnt and refocusing on engineering excellence is the core driver for Boeing. The 777X takes the very best of the 777-300ER/200LR