Category: Air Traffic Management

The air navigation service provider last year increased fees for air traffic control (ATC) and aviation rescue firefighting (ARFF) services by 6 per cent, its first rise in 10 years, with chief executive Rob Sharp telling Senate Estimates that Airservices lost $237 million last year and revenue was down 24 per cent.

The firm has been selected to replace older analogue equipment at airports and air traffic control facilities in the US with its digital CERTIUM Voice Communication System (VCS) as part of the FAA’s Brand-New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) initiative.

Speaking to Australian Aviation, RFACA president Lachlan Hyde said Airservices Australia’s proposed "traffic levelling" and 3-minute departure spacing at Bankstown would cut capacity by 37 per cent at peak windows, representing a “fundamental threat to the viability of GA and flight training”.

Justice Adam Hatcher, president of the Fair Work Commission, determined on Friday that Airservices Australia workers are eligible and have the right to join the nearly 60,000 other members of the TWU.