Thirty students from the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA), have graduated from their two-year studies at Airways’ air traffic controller training college in New Zealand. The students were selected through the Airways Sure Select program and spent one year in Auckland studying Aviation English, and one year at the Airways training
Australia’s air traffic management provider Airservices and the Australian Airports Association have jointly developed a website aimed at better educating the broader community on aircraft noise issues. The website, aircraftnoise.com.au, was launched at Airservices’ Waypoint industry conference in Canberra on Wednesday by Airservices CEO Margaret Staib. “As air traffic levels continue to increase, managing noise
Airservices Australia has announced plans to open four new Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) services at Gladstone, Queensland, Newman, Western Australia and Ballina and Coffs Harbour in New South Wales by the end 0f 2014. The need for ARFF services at these locations is being driven by increased traffic from growing fly-in/fly-out mine charter
Airservices has commissioned two new Automatic Dependant Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) ground stations, bringing to 61 the number now in operation across Australia. The two new ADS-B ground stations, at Point Lookout near Coffs Harbour and Mount Hardgrave on North Stradbroke Island, will provide a backup to the radar surveillance in the region and enhance the
Ballina Byron airport has commissioned Airservices to introduce RNAV (RNP)-AR terminal instrument flight procedures – or Smart Tracking. Airservices is developing new arrival flightpaths for both Runway 06 and Runway 24 at the regional airport, which has experienced rapid high-capacity traffic growth with the introduction of services by Jetstar and Virgin Australia. The new flightpaths
CASA has issued a two-year exemption allowing aircraft not equipped with ADS-B transponders to continue operating in airspace above Flight Level 290, a move that will be particularly welcomed by business jet operators. The mandate for all aircraft to be equipped with ADS-B was due to take effect from December 12 this year, but the
