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.

CDM in Australia

Airservices values the principles of CDM and these principles are currently applied in many of the industry’s existing planning and operational activities including airspace and route planning and current demand and capacity management activities.

To improve on the current applications of CDM, Airservices is embarking on a program to introduce new CDM-enabling capabilities that will improve ATM network management and realise efficiencies for all network stakeholders.

The three capabilities that will be established or improved as part of this program are:

Air Traffic Flow Management (AFTM)

Introduction of new software tools and supporting procedures to better identify demand and capacity imbalances, both at airports and in airspace volumes. Where imbalances are identified, the system will enable the establishment of traffic management initiatives to reduce airborne delays.

Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM)

Improving data sharing between airport stakeholders to provide a common operational picture that enables refinement of the turn-around process for aircraft. This in turn, provides for more efficient use of airport infrastructure and resources.

Integrated Arrival and Departure Management (A/DMAN)

Providing the capability to integrated Arrival and Departure Management (ADMAN: Providing the capability to dynamically balance airport arrival and departure demand to ensure more efficient use of airports and airspace that will result in further reduction in airborne delays.