Airline Ratings writer Chris Frame has been acknowledged as Aviation Feature writer of the Year by the Australasian Airline Press Club, for a feature story he wrote for Airline Ratings. 

Frame’s story, “How The Jet Airliner Eclipsed Ocean Liners”, was published by AirlineRatings  in April 2024. It explored the impact that jet airliners made on global travel, eclipsing ocean liners which had dominated transport for a century.  

Of the accolade, Frame told Airline Ratings: “Shipping and Aviation have been two of my biggest passions since I was a child. To have had the opportunity to write a feature for Airline Ratings that covered both topics was a great experience, and I am honoured to have been acknowledged by the AAPC for this work.”  

The Aviation Feature accolade is one of 8 categories acknowledged by the AAPC.

You can see more of Chris’s work and follow his blog here

The full list of winners was released by the AAPC on 20 December 2024 and are as follows:  

Aviation Journalist of the Year

 
 Adrian Schofield – Aviation Week 
Tony Harrington – Freelance / Flight Global 

Australian Aviation News Story of the Year 

Tony Harrington, Airline Routes and Ground Services magazine – news section 
Rexit’ highlights the ferocity of competition in Australian skies 

Adrian Schofield, AvWeek Group 
Qantas and Airbus Overcome Regulatory Hurdle for Project Sunrise 

New Zealand Aviation News Story of the Year 

Adrian Schofield, Aviation Daily 
NZAero Launches Sales of SuperPac Utility Aircraft 

Grant Bradley, NZ Herald 
Kiwi high-flyer on a year at Qantas headwinds and all 

Aviation Feature of the Year 

Chris Frame, AirlineRatings.com 
How The Jet Airliner Eclipsed Ocean Liners 

Steve Hitchen, Australian Flying 
Report for the Ages 

Aviation Technical Story of the Year 

Steve Creedy, Flight Safety Australia 
Fruits of Tragedy 

Tony Harrington, Flight Global 
How the mission for next generation of electric aircraft is evolving. 

Aviation Defence Story of the Year 

Andrew McLaughlin; Riotact 
The Air Warfare Instructor’s Course – Australia’s Top Guns ramp up! 

Andrew Greene, ABC 
Chinese military video appears to show ‘dangerous’ intercept of Australian aircraft over South China Sea. 

Multimedia Story of the Year 

Grant Bradley, NZ Herald 
Boeing’s in trouble 
Air NZ is doubling down on Dreamliners. 

Robin Ironside, The Australian 
Rex strengths were secrets taken to the grave. 
Alan Joyce pay slashed as Qantas leaders lashed by internal review. 

Aviation Photographer of the Year 

Seth Jaworski, Sydney Airport Instagram
Emirates at sunset. 

Steve Hitchen, Australian Flying
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