Squadron Leader Allanah Parker is the new Chief Controller of Ohakea air traffic control tower, operated by Airways New Zealand. She’s the youngest and the first female Chief Controller in the tower, and one of the youngest Squadron Leaders in the Royal New Zealand Air Force since World War 2.
Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) personnel have been given the chance to practice how to tackle fires on large passenger aircraft at a new training facility at Melbourne Airport. The facility was officially opened on April 16 by Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. The centrepiece of the Learning Academy Hot Fire Training
Airservices Australia has commissioned a new radar facility at Mount Hardgrave on North Stradbroke Island to improve coverage of aircraft operating around Brisbane Airport. The new radar provides both primary and secondary surveillance, improving on what had been solely a secondary surveillance facility. The radar is housed within a dome meant to protect it from
New Zealand’s air navigation service provider Airways has officially opened a new purpose-built training centre in Palmerston North. The centre will enhance Airways’ already-successful strategy to attract overseas students. Featuring three aerodrome air traffic control simulators and six radar simulators, the new centre aims to cater for increasing demand for qualified air traffic controllers globally.
A minor fire in the air traffic control centre caused brief delays at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport on Monday morning. Airservices Australia said the small fire in a computer room at its Melbourne Conrol Centre forced a partial evacuation of ATC staff. The air traffic control tower was not affected and airborne aircraft were controlled and
Visual Vectoring, an Australian company specialising in training concepts for air traffic control (ATC) operations has successfully exported a computer-based ATC training package to China. Qingdao ATC Station in Shandong province is using the VV Approach training program for new controllers and to upgrade the skills of current radar approach controllers to manage rapidly growing
