Boeing tackles the 757 replacement quandary In an ironic twist Boeing’s answer to the so-called ‘757 replacement’ market may well turn out to be a modern-day interpretation of the aircraft that was supposed to be its nemesis and the salvation for McDonnell Douglas. Late in 1979 McDonnell Douglas announced that its Advanced Twin Medium Range

Mike and Jan Becker’s Sunshine Coast-based helicopter flight training school shows just what can be achieved through vision and hard work After working in the helicopter utility world in the mountainous terrain of Papua New Guinea, husband and wife team Mike and Jan Becker returned to Australia in 1993 looking for a lifestyle change. “What

Putting some passenger experience reality to Qantas’s 787 dream I want to order it,” said Qantas CEO Alan Joyce of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that now looks as likely as ever to sport the iconic red tail of Qantas International. The turnaround of the Qantas Group’s overseas arm, which is turning a profit for the

Chinese Burns Hong Kong looked the obvious choice when Qantas and China Eastern decided to embark on a joint-venture and establish a new airline. The enterprise, Jetstar Hong Kong, would be located “in the heart of Asia and on the doorstep of mainland China”, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said at the time of the