Airservices says the recently activated Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) at Melbourne Airport will reduce flight disruptions and improve airport capacity. Melbourne Airport has become the second airport in Australia – and indeed in the southern hemisphere – to feature GBAS, a satellite-based precision approach and landing system that allows aircraft equipped with the necessary
Airservices Australia says it plans to release to industry a ‘Market Sounding Information Request’ for a Long Range Air Traffic Flow Management (LR-ATFM) System for Australian airspace. To a limited extent long-range flow management is in place at Sydney and Perth largely using procedures and manual interaction, Airservices says, however it has found that no “technology-based” long-range
Operators of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), or drones, asking the question “Can I fly there?” will now have the answer at their fingertips thanks to a new app from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The app, developed by CASA in partnership with specialist drone software company Drone Compiler, will show no-fly zones and other
Thales’ bid to supply Australia’s new air traffic management system under the $600 million OneSKY program was selected on the basis of best value for money when technical risk was taken into account, Airservices Australia chief executive Jason Harfield says. Last month the Australian National Audit Office warned that Australia could end up paying too much for
Airservices has launched a website portal that allows pilots to check live camera views of weather conditions at six locations around Australia. The portal initially features camera views at Archerfield airport, Kilmore Gap, Kingscoat airport, Launceston airport, Norfolk Island airport and Parafield airport, while Airservices says further camera locations will come online as it continues to work with the
Australia may end up paying too much for the combined civil and military air traffic management system OneSky despite a tender process that was “capable of producing a value for money outcome”, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) says. At the request of the Senate Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee and the Minister for