Airservices Australia
6 July 1995 – present
Government-owned corporation that provides air traffic management, aeronautical information, navigation services and aviation rescue and fire-fighting across Australia's flight information regions.
How it came into existence
Established on 6 July 1995 under the Air Services Act 1995 when the Civil Aviation Authority was split, taking over the authority's air traffic, airways, search and rescue and fire-fighting services.
- Air traffic services
- Airways facilities
- Aviation rescue and fire-fighting
- Aviation search and rescue
Legislation: Air Services Act 1995
Changes during its life
- Aviation search and rescue
Combined with maritime search and rescue as Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR); exact date not confirmed.
- Airspace regulation and administration
Under the Airspace Act 2007, exercised through CASA's Office of Airspace Regulation; date not confirmed.
- Independent review of aircraft noise complaint handling
Created and funded by the Airservices board to review the authority's own noise complaint handling and community consultation.
Main functions
- Air traffic control
- Aeronautical information and flight data services
- Navigation aids and aviation communications infrastructure
- Aviation rescue and fire-fighting at major airports
- Aircraft noise information and complaints handling
- Modernisation of the civil–military air traffic system (OneSKY)
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts.
- Type of body
- Corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
- Accountable authority
- Board of Directors – Air Services Act 1995 sections 7 and 20, with reference to section 32(2) note and section 40 (membership section 22)
- ABN
- 59 698 720 886
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to the latest release (30 June 2026))