New southern sky

The New Zealand National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan

New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is four years into the decade-long implementation of the New Zealand National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan. Termed New Southern Sky (NSS), the plan maps out the transition to new technologies and managing the changes to airspace that will be driven by increased traffic and technological advances.

New Southern Sky is both New Zealand’s response to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Global Air Navigation Plan and an important element of New Zealand’s National Airspace Policy, which is a ministerial statement that describes the overarching principles and desired attributes in the development and modernisation of the country’s airspace and air navigation system.