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PBN is here and it’s changing the way Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operators navigate. If you’re an IFR operator or maintenance organisatio...

A Happy Christmas to everyone involved in our multi-agency, collaborative programme to update the New Zealand aviation system. If you are in...

New Southern Sky Road Show - Day 3The New Southern Sky (NSS)  team continued their tour of the North Island yesterday, presenting to packed ...

A huge thank you to everyone one who turned out for the first two Road Show briefings at Auckland Airport and Ardmore today! It was fantasti...

A trial to bring a global aviation navigation upgrade programme to the South Island has been announced in Christchurch today by Airways New ...

Congratulations to the RNZAF on getting Performance Based Navigation approval for its fleet of T-6C Texans.Read the extract from the Air For...

The New Southern Sky Working Group has produced a  handy guide to Performance Based Navigation (PBN).  This is literally ‘PBN on a Page’ and...

The National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan contains an objective for the NSS programme to 'complete further analysis of the need for Sate...

It's Airways New Zealand's 30th birthday today. The NSS team wishes Team Airways many happy returns.All the best.

The aviation system is a key component in New Zealand’s transport infrastructure in normal times, and in response to events ranging from res...

The potential benefits of in-flight MET access have been highlighted by New Southern Sky stakeholders at System Wide Information Management ...

The New Southern Sky programme produced a Ground Based Navigation Aid (GBNA) strategy paper at the end of 2016. This is aligned with similar...

The National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan from which the New Southern Sky takes its guidance for modernising the New Zealand aviation sy...

Modernising New Zealand’s aviation system is no easy task but we’re up for the challenge!We’ve set some clear targets for key projects that ...

The NSS Roadshow visited Hawera Aero Club in Taranaki last Friday to brief club members and visitors on the programme. An hour long briefing...

Chief of Air Force (CAF) Air Vice Marshal Tony Davies and his team met with the New Southern Sky (NSS) director and Civil Aviation Authority...

Following the huge interest in the NSS Roadshow last year, the aviators from Taranaki contacted us to ask if we could facilitate a Roadshow ...

As we approach Christmas  it’s a good time to reflect on 2016 and the outstanding efforts of everyone involved in our multi-agency, collabor...

Last Friday Mark Hughes (Deputy Director Air Transport and Airworthiness), and the New Southern Sky (NSS) team welcomed a delegation from th...

The NSS Roadshow in September and early October covered nine different locations from North Shore to Invercargill.It was great to have such ...

The New Southern Sky (NSS) team delivered its final presentation to a packed audience in Wellington yesterday afternoon as part of the natio...

New Southern Sky held a System Wide Information Management (SWIM) workshop today at the Civil Aviation Authority in Wellington. The SWIM con...

The New Southern Sky Roadshow kicked off the South Island leg of their nationwide tour yesterday, visiting the Nelson Aero Club.The level of...

A new satellite-supported system designed to replace radar as New Zealand’s main aircraft tracking technology is a step closer. Airways New ...

The second leg of the New Southern Sky (NSS) September Roadshow was greeted by a bumper turnout in Waikato yesterday.More than 50 people inc...

The New Southern Sky (NSS) September Roadshow kicked off yesterday in Auckland at Ardmore Airport and the North Shore Aero Club. The well-at...

Big changes are happening in New Zealand’s airspace and the team leading the changes will visit a range of locations around the country late...

With only one week until the official kick off, spaces to attend the New Southern Sky September Roadshow are filling up fast. With a focus o...

Congratulations to Massey University School of Aviation which has this week been approved by CAA  to carry out Required Navigation Performan...

Due to popular demand, Wellington has now been included as a NSS September Roadshow stop-over destination. Wellington will host a session fr...

New Southern Sky programme director, Steve Smyth, will be sharing the benefits of the programme with delegates at the NZ Airports Associatio...

If you missed the Approach 16 forum – never fear! Many of the presentations are now online for your perusal (scroll down to find links to th...

Getting match fit for Performance Based Navigation – that’s the theme of Approach16, a two-day forum that kicked off this morning in Welling...

20/20 A-CDM from Gentrack has landed at Auckland Airport and Wellington Airport New Zealand airports are first to embrace collaborative deci...

The New Southern Sky (NSS) ‘team’ including CAA, Airways and other members of the NSS Working Group are travelling around New Zealand in Sep...

Flight Safety Australia, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority's flagship aviation safety magazine, recently looked at the use of required nav...

Director New Southern Sky has announced the release of the New Zealand aviation system Concept of Operations (CONOPs) 2023 Version 1.This do...

We are currently advertising for a full-time, fixed-term (3 years) Programme Coordinator to join the New Southern Sky team.Click here for th...

Note 17-18 August in your diary and keep an eye out for updates on our events page.

The New Southern Sky (NSS) Conference at Auckland Airport on May 9-10 began with a short video address from Prime Minister John Key, who str...

Does collaboration really get things done, faster and better?EUROCONTROL reports that for airports applying its collaborative decision-makin...

A new ADS-B kit due to soon hit the US market—subject to FAA approval—may signal increasing affordability of this technology.Priced at US$2,...

We are pleased to announce the following speakers have joined the line-up for the New Southern Sky Conference 2016 on 9th-10th May at Novote...

New Southern Sky Director Steve Smyth talks about the upcoming conference and the interesting range of presenters lined up to speak. 

The latest edition of Airspace features an editorial with Airways’ CEO Ed Sims, who took the opportunity to highlight the collaborative natu...

The New Southern Sky Conference 2016 Draft Programme has been updated.Click here to view the Draft Programme.

The CAA has released two discussion documents: one on proposal to change the GNSS rules and one on the proposal to mandate ADS-B above fligh...

GNSS Sole Means Recommendation Report Global Navigation Satellite System Sole Means Recommendation Report One of the most significan...

From time to time we will issue interim guidance and advice to enable operators to continue to fly safely while new Civil Aviation Rules and...

The introduction of ADS-B is a key proposal under New Southern Sky’s surveillance work-stream and the team at Airways has been hard at work ...

Santa has teamed up with Australian Air Navigation Service Provider Airservices to ensure children around the lucky country are not disappoi...

Seasons Greetings!As we approach Christmas 2015 and New Southern Sky (NSS) Stage 1 nears completion, it’s a good time to reflect on the year...

Hailing from around the South Pacific, New Zealand and Australia, over 100 members of the Aircraft Electronics Association gathered recently...

If you are an aviation professional or work in a related industry, we want you to help us shape the future of New Zealand aviation at the fi...

Steve Kelly, the New Southern Sky (NSS) team’s latest recruit, brings with him a wealth of experience from military, corporate and commercia...

Information specialists and industry representatives joined the NSS team to take the plunge at the first System Wide Information Management ...

We are pleased to announce that both the New Southern Sky (NSS) Director, Steve Smyth, and NSS Working Group member, Ian Andrews (President ...

Do you want to help the New Southern Sky (NSS) team put together a concept of operations for the creation of New Zealand aviation System Wid...

The July/August 2015 edition of Vector, the Civil Aviation Authority’s safety magazine for industry, features an update on the New Southern ...

The New Southern Sky team hit the road  this week to brief maintenance organisations, operators, and design organisations of aircraft with 7...

Pictured: Mark Hughes (left) receives a copy of the National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan from outgoing Governance Group Chair, Stephen ...

In June the New Southern Sky team will undertake a roadshow in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington  for operators of aircraft with 70 seat...

Pictured (left to right) : Glen-Marie Burns (MOT), Mike Haines (Airways), and Bob Fletcher (Air New Zealand) With a focus on getting the app...

It was great to see the free MetFlight service for general aviation fliers announced in the Budget recently.Check out the media release here...

The New Southern Sky Governance Group met in Wellington last week to review the progress of the programme with a focus on performance metric...

Because the changes we’re proposing will affect participants from across the aviation system, it’s important to make our plans clear to a wi...

When it comes to music, sport and cuisine, we like to point out that there are many differences between New Zealand and our near neighbours ...