Jason Harfield, who has been with Airservices for 35 years, has reached the end of his contract and will leave on 8 June, with chief strategy and customer experience officer Peter Curran to serve as interim CEO while the air traffic control body undert…
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Airservices claims best performance in 12 months as delays plummet
In the latest Australian Aviation Network Overview for March 2024, Airservices Australia said that its “capacity constraints” affected only 1.3 per cent of flights for the month, with 4 per cent of ground delays and just 1 per cent of cancellations att…
It’s not about the money, says ATC union as strike vote continues
Civil Air members are voting until 1 May on whether to take protected industrial action, which may include work stoppages and bans on overtime and ATC training. The union says staffing levels are “critically low”, and has called out what it says is a “…
Air traffic controllers begin voting on strike action
The ballot, which closes on 1 May, was filed by ATC union Civil Air. If successful, protected industrial action could include bans on ATC training and overtime, as well as work stoppages of up to 24 hours, and comes amid accusations of understaffing an…
Exclusive: Airservices tests unified air traffic management systems
Civil Military Air Traffic Management System (CMATS) has been installed at Airservices’ two major control centres in Melbourne and Brisbane, and will now face intensive testing of its operational capabilities, safety, and security following a successfu…
Airservices capacity issues ‘lowest in 10 months’, says ATC body
In its February 2024 report, the air traffic management body found that only 1.3 per cent of flights for the month were affected by ATC ‘capacity constraints’, the lowest level in 10 months, with 6 per cent of arrival cancellations also attributable to…
Airservices unveils Western Sydney Airport’s new ‘digital tower’
Digital aerodrome services use cameras and sensors to replace traditional physical air traffic control towers, and are faster and cheaper to construct. The digital tower, operated from a new centre at Eastern Creek in western Sydney, will be the first …
Hostile Territory: The Effects Of Somalia and Somaliland’s Airspace Dispute
The situation in the Horn of Africa is very volatile.
Sydney air traffic control tower to receive life-extending overhaul
The overhaul is not expected to cause any disruption to ATC services, and will involve life extension on the tower’s infrastructure as well as upgrading internal facilities into a “modern workspace”, Airservices says.
Airservices performance rallies in January after December dip
12 per cent of ground delays and 1 per cent of arrival cancellations in January were attributable to Airservices, down from 16 per cent and 6 per cent in December respectively. The air traffic control body had attributed its December performance to “st…