Airservices Australia has been ranked second for air navigation service providers in an international safety benchmarking study done by the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO).
The ranking was in relation to the maturity of the organisation’s Safety Management System (SMS), with a score of over 90% effective.
The CANSO study compared the processes and performance of international air navigation services providers.
It benchmarked performance against a range of measures such as loss of separation (IFR), runway incursion statistics and SMS maturity.
Airservices CEO Margaret Staib said that Airservices performed consistently well in relation to loss of separation, coming in with one of the lowest loss of separation rates globally for IFR flights per million flight hours and per 100,000 movements.
“Safety is our priority and we are pleased that the results of this benchmarking study reflect this commitment,” Staib said.
“However, while we are among the world’s best, we should not be complacent about safety and we continue to focus our efforts on further enhancing our safety performance.”