Airservices Australia ARFF aviation fire fighters lent a hand to the clean-up effort around Brisbane’s CBD earlier this month, as the city began to recover from last week’s devastating floods. Two teams, each consisting of six or seven aviation fire fighters, an ultra-large fire vehicle, plus an additional 4WD and cleaning equipment, spent the weekend
Airservices Australia commissioned Wagga Wagga Airport’s new instrument landing system (ILS) on the morning of December 16. The new ILS gives much improved poor weather access to the airport including for regional airline services operated by Regional Express (Rex) and QantasLink. It will also be used by Regional Express’s Wagga Wagga Airport based Australian Airline
Airservices Australia is opening air traffic control towers in the Western Australian northwest centres of Broome and Karratha this week to cope with the significant growth in aircraft movements to the two key regional airports. From November 18 Airservices controllers will start providing ATC services from Karratha’s existing but refurbished air traffic control tower (it
Airservices Australia (ASA) and the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have agreed to allow air traffic controllers to track aircraft up to 150nm inside each country’s airspace using Automatic Dependant Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B). ASA CEO Greg Russell said the agreement will improve traffic situational awareness in both countries. “The new arrangement will bring
Former CEO of the Council for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) David Byers has joined Airservices Australia in the role of general manager, corporate and international affairs. Meanwhile, Airservices has also announced that the Safety and Environment business group has been divided into separate groups. Former audit and assurance GM Michelle Bennetts heads the new
CASA has released a discussion paper on its plans for satellite communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) and equipage over the next 10 years, in accordance with the government’s Aviation White Paper, The paper, entitled ‘Proposed Strategy and Regulatory Plan in support of the Australian Government’s Aviation White Paper – CASA’s Plan for Communication, Navigation and
