THE Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has submitted a proposal to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) which seeks permission to allow aircraft at Brisbane Airport to increase landing speeds from five to seven knots in a bid to allay resident complaints about aircraft noise.
After completing a safety review with airlines and Airservices Australia, BAC said the plan was just one of many initiatives it is undertaking to reduce noise impacts on the community.
In its submission, the airport’s management body noted it had operated with a 10 knot tailwind for thirty years without incident until CASA capped speeds at five knots in 2017.
Another area being looked at to reduce noise is to increase the number of flights that arrive and depart over Moreton Bay, with BAC stating it wants to see more flights diverted onto these paths.
“BAC is working with…Airservices Australia to explore options that would allow more planes to depart and land over the Bay,” BAC confirmed.
However, the plan to increase flights and speeds over Moreton Bay has already encountered headwinds, with the Australian Airline Pilots Association claiming seven-knot speeds are dangerous.
“Normalising tailwind operations reduces the capacity of our members to operate as safely as international standards require,” the group’s President Tony Lucas argued.
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