Airservices is a government-owned corporation providing safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible services to the aviation industry. We manage air traffic operations for around 75 million passengers on more than three million flights every year.

Commonly used acronyms

ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast
AIP Aeronautical Information Publication
AMSTARP Australian Mode S Terminal Area Radar Project
ANO Aircraft Noise Ombudsman
ANSP air navigation service provider
ARFF aviation rescue and fire fighting
ASMGCS Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System
ASPIRE Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions
ATC air traffic control
ATSB Australian Transport Safety Bureau
BOM Bureau of Meteorology
BOS breakdown of separation
CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority
CANSO Civil Air Navigation Services Organization
CDM collaborative decision-making
CEO Chief Executive Officer
FIR Flight Information Region
GBAS ground-based augmentation system
GLS GNSS landing system
GNSS global navigation satellite system
GM General Manager
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
INSPIRE Indian Ocean Strategic Partnership to Reduce Emissions
ILS instrument landing system
KPI key performance indicators
NAIPS National Aeronautical Information Processing System
NCIS Noise Complaints and Information Service
NDB non-directional beacon
NEU Noise Enquiry Unit
OHS occupational health and safety
ULFV ultra-large fire vehicle
UPR user preferred route
NOTAM Notice to Airmen
TAAATS The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System
RNP required navigational performance
TAR terminal area radar
TINR Telecommunications Infrastructure Network Replacement