iscoverAirservices has hailed “a new era in air traffic surveillance” with a first fitment mandate for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) for all aircraft flying at or above 29,000 feet coming into effect today. ADS-B is a satellite-based technology enabling aircraft to be accurately tracked by air traffic controllers and other pilots without the need
In the latest in a series of demonstration flights to optimise flight efficiency and minimise environmental impact, Airservices has collaborated with Cathay Pacific under the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) program to conduct four flights across the globe, two of those through Australian airspace on the one day. The Cathay Pacific flights
Airbus, easyJet and Norwegian sensing specialist Nicarnica Aviation have successfully created first ever significant artificial ash cloud to test new technology that detects and estimate concentrations of volcanic ash in the atmosphere. An A400M airlifter dispersed one tonne of Icelandic ash into the atmosphere at between 9,000ft and 11,000ft creating conditions consistent with the 2010
Thirty students from the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA), have graduated from their two-year studies at Airways’ air traffic controller training college in New Zealand. The students were selected through the Airways Sure Select program and spent one year in Auckland studying Aviation English, and one year at the Airways training
Australia’s air traffic management provider Airservices and the Australian Airports Association have jointly developed a website aimed at better educating the broader community on aircraft noise issues. The website, aircraftnoise.com.au, was launched at Airservices’ Waypoint industry conference in Canberra on Wednesday by Airservices CEO Margaret Staib. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Airservices Australia has announced plans to open four new Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) services at Gladstone, Queensland, Newman, Western Australia and Ballina and Coffs Harbour in New South Wales by the end 0f 2014. The need for ARFF services at these locations is being driven by increased traffic from growing fly-in/fly-out mine charter
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