Many pains, much promise

When it comes to creating Australia’s next generation air traffic management system, OneSKY is the big one, a pioneering venture which one key player likens to performing a heart and lung transplant to a marathon runner mid-race.

AirServices Australia chief executive Jason Harfield said there was only one system in the world that came close to what OneSKY was trying to do that was the current Australian civil air traffic management system it was intended to replace.