It is one of Asia’s iconic airlines but Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has hit turbulence. Expected to post losses for its latest financial year, the carrier has announced its biggest re-engineering exercise in two decades in the face of woeful yields and mounting competition from Middle East and Chinese rivals. It has been common

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies on his ambitious 10-year plan to transform the RAAF. For some years now the RAAF has been talking about its ‘fifth gen’ future. A fifth generation Air Force is, according to the RAAF’s new strategy document, “a fully-networked force that exploits the combat-multiplier effects of a readily

The Rolls-Royce bribery scandal It reads like a seedy novel, a story of bribery and corruption in high places. But it’s real. The startling news last month that one of the world’s leading engine makers, Rolls-Royce, has admitted to forking out multi-million dollar sweeteners to win orders sent shock waves through the aviation world. Especially

Living in the Age of Airplanes When film-maker Brian Terwilliger’s first feature, ‘One Six Right’, rose to prominence in 2005, it was met with passionate support by the aviation community. For beyond the incredible footage, poignant interviews and stirring soundtrack was a deeper message – the fact that general aviation has a valuable place in