MINUTES AAA VIC Division Meeting Wednesday 7 August 2019 08:30 – 15:30 Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport Grand Centre Room, 10-14 Centre Road, Melbourne Airport Chair: Katie Cooper Attendees & Apologies: Please see attached 1. Introduction from Victorian Chair, Apologies, Minutes and Chair’s Report (Katie Cooper) • Introduced Daniel Gall, Deputy Chair for Vic Division • Provided overview of speakers for the day. • Dinner held previous evening which was a great way to meet and network – feedback welcome on if it is something you would like to see as an ongoing event Chairman’s Report Overview – • Board and Stakeholder dinner in Canberra with various industry and political leader and influences in attendance • AAA represented at the ACI Asia Pacific Conference and World AGM in Hong Kong • AAA Pavement & Lighting Forum held in Melbourne CBD with excellent attendance and positive feedback on its value to the industry • June Board Meeting in Brisbane coinciding with Qld Div meeting and dinner • Announcement of Federal Government $100M for regional airports • For International Airports, the current revisions of the Port Operators Guide for new and redeveloping ports which puts a lot of their costs onto industry is gaining focus from those affected industry members • MOS 139 changes update • Airport Safety Week in October • National Conference in November on the Gold Coast incl Women in Airports Forum • Launch of the new Corporate Member Advisory Panel (CMAP) which will bring together a panel of corporate members to gain feedback on issues impacting the AAA and wider airport sector and chaired by the AAA Chairman Thanks to Smiths Detection as the Premium Division Meetings Partner 2. AAA Update (Caroline Wilkie) • $100M announced in Federal Budgets and Labour also committing to funds. Discussion on how to utilise these funds. Department of Infrastructure engagement is currently underway 1 regarding how to access funds. Will be $100M for use for airfield maintenance, not terminal infrastructure. Aimed at airport with <250K pax and those who don’t make enough revenue to invest in works they require. Also possible some limited funds for airports who services aeromedical (e.g. medical PAX waiting for flights with no shelter). The Department look at launch in October. Members will be notified when the funds become available. Some Regional Airports have struggled so this will assist them greatly. Those impacted by changes to MOS will be assisted also. • MOS139 revision – when it is released, CASA has agreed that AAA will ask airports to advise on issues that affect them to help industry when they are ready for implementation – updating airport practice notes (12 currently). Updating all online training courses with intended March implementation. Addressing the perceived delay in getting the MOS out – unexpected staff shortages has been a contributing factor and AAA identified an issue with CASA which was agreed to resolve before publishing. • Welcomed Michael Monck from Recreational Aviation Australia (RAAus) and explained how this joint agreement is available for use by members for charging landing fees for Recreational pilots. Airport members were advised aeronautical fees should not be increased due to this being set up. • Major/metro sized airport issues – levels of ABF resourcing and new requirements implemented are currently being discussed. The inbound arrivals border processing trial at Canberra Airport has been halted with explanations expected in the coming months about next steps. • PFAS at Airports – AAA established working group to work through issues • Policy – many are being worked through. The regional airfare enquiry is currently being conducted through Senate. The Port Operators Guide revisions is also being discussed with Department of Home Affairs • Staff change in AAA office – Annie Frisch, Events Director has departed, and we are delighted to welcome Nicole Campbell as her replacement. • Two (2) new AAA groups have been established – Women in Airports and Young Professionals Group. If you are interested in joining either of these, please contact the AAA. • Women in Airports – Sarah Renner has published the latest podcast and members are encouraged to listen. The WIA will be holding a forum in line with the National Conference (Monday 18/11). Will be a full day conference at a reduced price and men and women are encouraged all to register. If considering partnership or exhibition, please do so ASAP as only 12 booths left. Seeking award partners for national conference, if interested, please contact Caroline. • Conference program is developed in the Jan to Feb so if you have ideas for the agenda, please put into your calendar as it is locked own in the April • Airport Safety Week – 14 to 18 October 2019 - good for corporate membership to get involved and we encourage all members to be active promoting safety to their airport communities. The safety theme this year is ‘Our Airport Our Community’ • Members advised if they are interstate, they are welcome attend other AAA division meetings held • Mentoring Program – 23 partnerships have been arranged for this year who are being guided by The Art of Mentoring over the next 12 months. There were over 60 mentee applications. Will take 12 months and is run by Art of Mentoring. 2 • The Strategic Plan has been updated by the Board for the next 5 years. All individuals who are listed as main member will receive a pack with documents updating on activities – feel free to share. • We have recently set up a new Corporate Advisory Panel (CAP) – created so that corporate membership can have a say/contribute to the running of the association. CAP meet prior to board meeting and have papers to consider and bring any issues/questions they have. First meeting will be in CBR. Please get your votes in soon for those members who received the voting packs. 3. Around the Tarmacs – Reports from Member Airports • Daniel Gall (Wellington Shire Council VIC) – advised of Neil Cooper’s retirement (apology for meeting) • Paul Ferguson (Moorabbin Airport) – New flight school secured international contract which will see another 20K movements this side of Xmas and working with Airservices on how to make this happen; 75% activities from Cat5 operators/working closely with CASA on building activity and process/master plan – looking at kicking off the end of the year with 18 months of work to be undertaken • Andrew Elliott (Avalon Airport) – International services launched last year with operations going very well. CT scanners being used since December 2018 and received scanning equipment for laptops in bags (domestic JQ only). Loads very good. Turn times good with few issues. Looking to expand International airline customer base. • Garry Baum (Lethbridge Airport) – experiencing traffic flow issues off Midland Highway – works costing $750K to be completed by Xmas which is a challenge; Problem with hangar height (1.4m too high) which is currently in the Supreme and Appeals courts resulting in high court costs; airport running well with an upgrade of the terminal building planned; • Andrew McCulloch (Bendigo Airport) – been acting in the role for 5 months. RPT service been going for 4 months – started well with good numbers each month; certified aerodrome weeks before service started; RMIT set up operations in last few weeks increasing flight school activity; next phase is terminal expansion and bringing more services in and creating a real airport infrastructure (lighting, wayfinding, etc). • Theo Christopher (Wellington Shire Council VIC) – Runway extension was 1500 to 1800m. Included new LED airfield lighting. Started works 26/11 and finished 17/5 - large engagement with stakeholders; Avgas at Yarram Airport being installed and fuel facility being installed; Several new leases so doing well for a new airport; Star of the south - $2b+ project which is building the largest windfarm in the southern hemisphere is requiring some engagement; West Sale Airport – has a large TAFE onsite. • Terry O’Sullivan (Warrnambool Airport) – Sharp Airlines ceased operation end of June - looking at new potential operators to set up charter; CFA made improvements to fire base – increase in offshore ops (gas rig off Peterborough) with FIFO staff • Travis Brown (Melbourne Airport) – Recently announced PAX figures for last FY – 37.4M for the year with 5.3% international growth; Melbourne Airport topped Australia in Quality of Service benchmarks; terminal space currently undergoing significant retail fitout scheduled for Xmas opening; undertaking large works in T2 arrivals hall (landside) taking up approx. 60% of the space for refit and modernising of the space; airfield – significant works underway with Taxiway Zulu expansion to build dual taxiway and expanded space; Taxiway 3 Alpha completed; construction of new jet fuel tanks by JUHI providing excellent storage capacity for now and the future. • Colin Fort (Essendon Airport) – started in role in May 2019 from Gladstone Airport; New CEO commenced 2 months ago; terminal extension underway; maintenance works – pavement management plan being worked on; master plan out for comment currently; airlines with Sharp and Corporate Air – operating to Orange and Dubbo; no significant change to PAX numbers; working on effects of operations of MEL runway • Katie Cooper (Melbourne Airport) – 3rd Runway Update – new data has identified the need to review the runway orientation. No decision has been made on this to date. Currently engaging with industry, government and community. A decision will make a decision in the coming months; recently purchased T1 (Qantas Terminal) which was at the end of its 30 year lease. Transition of T1 from QF to Melbourne Airport will be completed in stages and will take a year or two. • Neil Cooper retirement presentation – Katie thank Neil in absentia for his service to not only his airport and the Latrobe Valley but also to the AAA and wider aviation industry. The Victorian Chairman’s Award was accepted on Neil’s behalf by Daniel Gall. 4. Airservices Update Presentation (Scott Mitchell) • Responsible for airport and airline engagement down to ops level • Future airspace management – low level airspace areas are the focus.