Facilities

Aviation fire rescue training hots up in Melbourne

17-04-2013 - Airservices will be conducting, for the first time today, aviation rescue and fire fighting training at its new hot fire training ground at Melbourne Airport.The Learning Academy Hot Fire Training Ground (LAHFTG) is the only one of its k... Read More »

Airservices opens new aviation fire fighting training facility

16-04-2013 - Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, The Hon Anthony Albanese and Airservices Chief Executive Officer, Margaret Staib have officially opened a new fire training facility at Melbourne Airport today.The Learning... Read More »

Partial evacuation of Airservices Melbourne Centre

19-03-2013 - Smoke in a computer room at our Melbourne Control Centre early this morning resulted in a brief partial evacuation by air traffic control staff. The air traffic control tower at Melbourne Airport was not affected. Airservices aviation fi... Read More »

Airservices commissions transportable radar at Mt Sandon

03-12-2012 - Airservices has commissioned a transportable radar at Mt Sandon in New South Wales as part of the organisation’s En Route Radar Replacement Project (ERRP). The Mt Sandon radar will provide coverage during an upgrade of the main en... Read More »

Airservices opens new engineering building at Melbourne

22-08-2012 - Airservices has today officially opened a new projects and engineering building at its Melbourne Airport compound, consolidating staff into one central location to improve service delivery to industry and ensuring technical staff have a ... Read More »

Mackay Air Traffic Control Tower turns 40

12-07-2012 - Airservices Mackay Air Traffic Control Tower last week marked 40 years of providing safe and efficient air traffic control services in the region. The tower, which opened on 6 July 1972 by the Civil Aviation Authority, is one of 28 cont... Read More »

Work begins on $11.5 million fire training ground at Melbourne Airport

24-02-2012 - Airservices today marked the start of construction for a new aviation fire fighting training ground at Melbourne Airport. The $11.5 million ‘hot fire’ training facility will be the only one of its kind in the southern hemisp... Read More »

Temporary radar construction to begin in Cairns

14-06-2011 - A transportable radar which previously provided service at Melbourne and Sydney airports is due to arrive at Machans Beach on Monday (20 June). The radar will be used by Airservices Australia to provide important air traffic surveillanc... Read More »

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