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Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia Airspace 2000 and Related Issues Report by the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee April 2001 ii © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 ISBN 1326 - 9372 This document was prepared by the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra. iii MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Members Senator John Woodley AD, Queensland Chairman Senator Winston Crane LIB, Western Australia Deputy Chairman Senator Jeannie Ferris LIB, South Australia Senator Michael Forshaw ALP, New South Wales Senator Sue Mackay ALP, Tasmania Senator Kerry O’Brien ALP, Tasmania Participating Members Senator Abetz Senator Eggleston Senator McGauran Senator Bartlett Senator Faulkner Senator McKiernan Senator Boswell Senator Ferguson Senator McLucas Senator Brown Senator Gibson Senator Murphy Senator Brownhill Senator Harradine Senator Payne Senator Calvert Senator Mason Senator Tchen Senator Chapman Senator Hutchins Senator Tierney Senator Coonan Senator Knowles Senator Watson Senator Crossin Senator Lightfoot Senator West Committee Secretariat Mr Andrew Snedden (Secretary) Mr Stephen Frappell (Acting Principal Research Officer) Ms Emma Will (Executive Assistant) Ms Ruth Clark (Executive Assistant) The Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Telephone (02) 6277 3510 Facsimile (02) 6277 5811 Internet www.aph.gov.au/senate Email [email protected] iv TERMS OF REFERENCE On 22 March 1999, the Senate referred the following terms of reference to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for report by 30 September 1999: a) the impact of Airspace 2000 on airspace users, operators and providers, including its safety implications; b) the application of competition policy to services provided by Airservices Australia; c) the impact of location specific pricing; and d) the examination of air safety, with particular reference to cabin air quality in BAE-146 aircraft. v CONDUCT OF THE INQUIRY On 22 March 1999, the Senate referred Airspace 2000 and related matters to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 September 1999. This reporting date was subsequently deferred to 7 December 2000, to 29 March 2001, and to 5 April 2000. The Committee advertised its terms of reference widely in the press in mid-July 1999. A total of 30 written submissions were received from a range of individuals and organisations. In particular, the Committee received submissions from the responsible government authority, Airservices Australia; unions such as Civil Air, the Community and Public Sector Union and the United Firefighters Union of Australia; industry associations such as the Perth Air Transport Operators Group and the Australian and International Pilots Association; and representatives of particular airports such as the Bankstown Airport Users and Coffs Harbour City Council. A list of the submissions is at Appendix 1. The Committee conducted a hearing in Canberra on 1 May 2000. Oral contributions were taken from 6 witnesses or groups of witnesses (see Appendix 2), and 75 pages of evidence were taken. The Hansard of the hearings is available at the Hansard site at www.aph.gov.au. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ............................................................. iii TERMS OF REFERENCE .............................................................................. iv CONDUCT OF THE INQUIRY....................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................. vii ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................... xi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................. xiii RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................. xv CHAPTER ONE................................................................................................. 1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 The Airspace 2000 Model ................................................................................................ 1 Initial Implementation of Airspace 2000.......................................................................... 5 The Class E and G Demonstration Trials ......................................................................... 9 CHAPTER TWO.............................................................................................. 13 AIRSPACE 2000 ............................................................................................................... 13 Introduction ....................................................................................................................13 The Operation of Direct Traffic Information in Class G airspace.................................. 13 The Operation of MBZs ................................................................................................. 18 The Operation of Class E Airspace ................................................................................ 20 The Operation of Class C and D Airspace ..................................................................... 22 viii CHAPTER THREE ......................................................................................... 23 COMPETITION POLICY............................................................................................... 23 Introduction ....................................................................................................................23 National Competition Policy and the Net Community Benefit Test.............................. 23 The Application of National Competition Policy by Airservices Australia................... 25 Competition Policy and the Provision of Services to GA and Regional Airports.......... 30 Competition Policy and Air Safety................................................................................. 31 CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................ 33 LOCATION SPECIFIC PRICING................................................................................. 33 Introduction ....................................................................................................................33 The Implementation of Location Specific Pricing ......................................................... 33 Location Specific Pricing of Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Services...................... 34 Location Specific Pricing of Terminal Navigation Services.......................................... 36 The Impact of Location Specific Pricing on Airport Operations ................................... 40 Costing of Location Specific Prices ............................................................................... 42 CHAPTER FIVE.............................................................................................. 45 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.......................................................... 45 The Airspace 2000 Model .............................................................................................. 45 Competition Policy......................................................................................................... 47 Location Specific Pricing ............................................................................................... 48 DISSENT BY SENATOR WINSTON CRANE AND SENATOR JEANNIE FERRIS ............................................................................................................. 53 ADDITIONAL COMMENT BY SENATOR KERRY O’BRIEN AND SENATOR SUE MACKAY ............................................................................ 55 APPENDIX ONE.............................................................................................. 57 LIST OF SUBMISSIONS ................................................................................................ 57 APPENDIX TWO ............................................................................................ 59 LIST OF WITNESSES..................................................................................................... 59 ix APPENDIX THREE ........................................................................................ 61 AIRSPACE 2000: PROGRAM DEFINITION PLAN................................................... 61 xi ABBREVIATIONS AFAP Australian Federation of Air Pilots AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AIPA Australian and International Pilots Association ARFF services Aviation rescue and fire fighting services ASCDP Airway Service Costs – Discussion Paper ATC Air traffic control ATCs Air traffic controllers BASI Bureau of Air Safety Investigation CAA Civil Aviation Authority CAGRO Certified Air Ground Radio Operator CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority CPSU Community and Public Sector Union CTAF Common traffic advisory frequencies DTI Direct traffic information FIS Flight information services FSO Flight service officers GA airport General aviation airport HF radio High frequency radio HMI Human/machine interface ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation IFER In-flight emergency