Airservices Australia
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| Formed | 6 July 1995 |
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| Jurisdiction | Civil Aviation Act 1988, Air Services Act 1995, Airspace Act 2007 |
| Headquarters | Alan Woods Building, 25 Constitution Avenue, Canberra, ACT, Australia |
| Employees | 4468 (June 2016) |
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| Website | www.airservicesaustralia.com |
Airservices Australia is an Australian Government owned corporation, responsible for providing safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible services to the aviation industry (e.g. air traffic control, airways navigation and communication facilities, aeronautical data and airport rescue and fire-fighting services) within the Australian Flight Information Region (FIR). Airservices Australia has international partnerships with ICAO, CANSO and IATA. The agency also maintains a close relationship with the Australian Defence Force through the Future Service Delivery business group, which will see the acquisition of a joint civil-military air traffic management system under the OneSKY Australia Program.
Under Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regulation, Airservices Australia manages air traffic within Australian airspace which covers approximately 11 per cent of the earth’s surface. This includes the airspace over continental Australia, territorial waters and also international airspace boundaries over the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Airservices Australia also manages upper-level airspace (above 24,500 ft) under contract to the neighbouring Pacific Island Flight Information Regions of the Solomon Islands and Nauru.
Each year, Airservices Australia provides air navigation services for more than four million domestic and international flights carrying over 90 million passengers. The aviation industry also relies on Airservices Australia for aeronautical data, telecommunications, terrestrial navigation aids, flight procedures and emergency services. Airservices Australia also provides Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting services at 26 of Australia's busiest airports where there are more than 350,000 passenger per year on air transport flights.
Airservices Australia's headquarters is located in the Alan Woods Building in central Canberra. The building is named in honour of the late Alan Woods, a Chairman of the agency's predecessor organisation, the Civil Aviation Authority.
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