TRAX Final Report available to view

Aerial photograph of Brisbane airport runways at dusk

Airservices Australia has today published the Brisbane New Parallel Runway Flight Paths Post Implementation Review (PIR) Independent Review Final Report by Trax International (Trax).

Trax was appointed in January to independently review and make improvement recommendations across all aspects of the Brisbane PIR, with a particular focus on opportunities to limit and, where possible, reduce impacts of aircraft noise.

In its Final Report, Trax makes a series of recommendations focused on:

  • enhancing governance and communications around airspace changes;
  • further maximising flights over water;
  • reducing the frequency and concentration of flights over communities; and
  • optimising the wider Brisbane airspace system to deliver improved aircraft noise outcomes for communities.

Airservices Chief Executive Officer Jason Harfield said: “Airservices is committed to considering all opportunities for improved noise outcomes for the Brisbane community and to progressing those options assessed as safe and feasible.”

“We look forward to consulting further with the community and industry on the Trax recommendations over the coming months as part of the Brisbane PIR process.”

Airservices will release its response to the Trax Final Report ahead of Brisbane PIR stakeholder and community meetings scheduled for September and has invited Trax to participate in the meetings.

For more information on the Brisbane New Parallel Runway Flight Paths PIR and upcoming September community meetings to discuss the recommended approach to noise improvements, visit Airservices’ Engage website.

Posted on: August 22, 2022

More news

Related topics

Airservices provides safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible services to the aviation industry.

Airservices Australia’s Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting blaze of glory

Airservices Australia’s Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) service has won an international award for its industry leading application of virtual reality to facilitate immersive learning. ARFF is the only national aviation rescue fire service – a rapid intervention, first-response functionality which engages within minutes to provide aviation rescue and fire fighting services at 27 of […]

Santa’s top-secret flight plan with Airservices Australia revealed ahead of Operation Present Drop this Christmas 

Christmas is fast approaching, with Santa mapping out his special, top-secret flight plan with Airservices Australia this week to ensure all’s in order for Operation Present Drop on Christmas Eve.  As Australia’s official Santa flight management team, Airservices’ air traffic controllers have allocated Santa’s call sign – ‘Red One’ – and carefully designed his flightpath […]

Airservices Australia releases international review of air traffic flow management reporting framework

Building on our efforts to increase transparency and foster industry understanding of the network performance, we recently engaged the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to review Airservices’ air traffic flow management (ATFM) reporting framework. The Review of Airservices Australia’s ATFM Delay Attribution Framework identified continual improvement opportunities to align data, systems, and business processes to […]

Airservices Australia releases October Australian Aviation Network Overview

Airservices Australia has released its Australian Aviation Network Overview report for October 2023.  After a period of rapid recovery, the rate of growth in the Australian aviation network has slowed in recent months as we approach pre-pandemic traffic levels. At the same time, our performance as an industry has continued to improve against most metrics. While our […]