Airservices Australia has opened applications for its air traffic controller trainee program and is encouraging more females to apply to further balance diversity in this role across Australia.

The Australian government has appointed former Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin as deputy chair of Airservices Australia.

Airservices Australia says its trial of a new, advanced satellite navigation system have shown impressive results. In January 2017, the Commonwealth announced a two-year project to trial a Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS), which uses space-based and ground-based aids to support the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and promises navigational accuracy to less than 10

Five of Australia’s not-for-profit aeromedical operators will no longer have to pay annual services charges to Airservices Australia in a move that will save them $2 million a year. The five not-for-profit aeromedical operators to have their Airservices service fees are Angel Flight, CareFlight, LifeFlight, Little Wings and Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), it was