Australia’s aviation safety regulator has extended by almost three years the deadline for private aircraft to be fitted with Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) technology. Under the new timeline, announced in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) monthly CASA Briefing note, private aircraft registered before February 6 2014 flying under instrument flight rules (IFR) will now
Australian Federal Police has arrested and charged a 19-year-old Victorian man alleged to be behind unauthorised radio transmissions with aircraft and air traffic controllers at Melbourne and Avalon airports. The man has been charged with four counts of endangering the safety of aircraft and one count of interference likely to endanger safety or cause loss
Federal police are seeking public help to uncover who is behind 15 unauthorised radio transmissions with aircraft and air traffic controllers at Melbourne and Avalon airports. The Australian Federal Police says it is investigating the rogue radio broadcasts that have occurred at the two airports in recent weeks. In a joint-statement with the Australian Communications and
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to keep Airservices in public hands. Industry groups such as The Australian Aviation Associations Forum (TAAAF) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) have called for Airservices to be privatised and the proceeds used to fund initiatives designed to support the
Pilots and air traffic controller groups have called for new Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regulations on the use of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to be thrown out due to safety concerns. Under new rules that came into effect from Thursday, commercial operators of RPAs, or drones, weighing less than two kilograms did not have
Hawaiian Airlines says it will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 670,000 kilograms a year on its three times weekly Brisbane-Honolulu flights through the use of more efficient operations on the ground and in the air. Tuesday’s flight HA443, operated by Airbus A330-200 N378HA, was the first time Hawaiian had flown the route utilising seven environmental
