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I'm a journalist and author specializing in covering the airline and aviation industry with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region
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Seamless Skies - Asia Focus - Australian Aviation

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By Tom Ballantyne Verified
| Australian Aviation Verified
This feature is from the February 2020 Edition of Australian Aviation It was the airline industry’s grand plan for Asia’s air traffic system. Seamless Skies would bring harmonisation to air traffic management, create efficient flows along the region’s airways and save tens of millions of dollars in costly fuel. So, why hasn’t it come to pass? The North Asian Version of the Asia Pacific Distributed Multi-Nodal Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) project involves China, Japan and Korea.
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Fire and ice as low-cost carriers battle in the Asia Pacific

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By Tom Ballantyne Verified
| Australian Aviation Verified
This story by Tom Ballantyne on the operating environment for low-cost carriers (LCC) in Asia first appeared in the August 2019 edition of Australian Aviation. One of Asia’s biggest low-cost carriers. The AirAsia lineup at Kuala Lumpur. (Rob Finlayson) The Asia Pacific’s low-cost airline sector is dominating the region’s skies and aircraft manufacturers’ order books. But their phenomenal growth hasn’t come without turbulence and the next few years could be a test of survival for some.
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Qantas Boeing 747 VH-OJA's record flight

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By Tom Ballantyne Verified
| Australian Aviation Verified
To mark the 30th anniversary of Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJA becoming the first commercial aircraft to fly nonstop from London to Australia when it landed at Sydney Airport on August 17 2019, this story from the Australian Aviation archives comes from the January-February 2015 edition, when Tom Ballantyne wrote about being one of just 23 people on the history-making flight that broke a distance barrier previously thought unbreakable. Qantas 747-400 VH-OJA.
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