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Aviation White Paper released

The White Paper was released on 26 August 2024 and is available from the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Cities and the Arts’ website . Section

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August 28, 2024

ANO releases report on the Investigation into complaints about the flight paths associated with the Brisbane Airport new parallel runway

October 12, 2021

As of 30 June 2021, the ANO received 265 complaints regarding aircraft noise following the opening of Brisbane Airport’s new parallel runway. One complaint from the Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance incorporated a survey of 2075 residents adversely affected. The ANO conducted a multi-complaints review of Airservices’ environmental assessment of the impact of the flight paths developed for the new runway and its community engagement with potentially affected residents.

Sunshine Coast Post Implementation Review – Terms of Reference

January 29, 2021

The Aircraft Noise Ombudsman (ANO) has received a large number of representations from the public regarding Airservices Australia’s (Airservices’) Terms of Reference for the Post Implementation Review of the flight paths at Sunshine Coast Airport. These representations appear to have occurred following a resolution by the Board of Airservices Australia (the Board) that the Terms of Reference be agreed between Airservices and the ANO.

New Aircraft Noise Ombudsman appointed

February 12, 2020

Airservices Australia’s Chairman John Weber has, on Monday, announced the appointment of Mr Kieran Pehm as Australia’s next Aircraft Noise Ombudsman.

Investigation into complaints about the introduction of new flight paths in Hobart

April 27, 2018

In September 2017 Airservices Australia implemented changes to flight paths for aircraft arriving and departing Hobart Airport. The changes included a Standard Instrument Departure (SID) and a Standard Arrival Route (STAR) for each end of the main runway. The changes altered many residents’ experience of aircraft noise in the broader Hobart area. The effects of the changes, and their impacts on residents, continue to unfold as seasonal variations in Hobart make for different concentrations of runway use and therefore different concentrations of aircraft noise.

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