Aviation Projects provided a relief Airport Manager for Clarence Valley Regional Airport (Grafton). This role involved providing an experienced airport management professional for a period of three months with operational responsibility for safety, security, compliance, management of staff and contractors and interaction with aviation stakeholders.

Along with day to day operational oversight, Aviation Projects assumed responsibility for:

  • aeronautical data as the aeronautical data originator/AIP responsible person
  • aviation security as the Security Contact Officer
  • coordination of maintenance activities to ensure the serviceability of aerodrome facilities
  • engagement of consultants to perform the annual technical inspection
  • responding to CASA compliance audit findings
  • updating the Aerodrome Manual, Safety Management System, Wildlife Hazard Management Plan and Transport Security Plan
  • drafting a scope of services for the airport owner to issue with a Request for Expression of Interest for a permanent management contract.
Relief Airport Manager - Grafton Airport

Aviation Projects assisted Mackay Airport Pty Ltd to resolve several strategically significant matters and provide greater certainty about the protection of Mackay Airport's future ultimate capacity through the investigation, analysis and resolution of a number of complex inter-related airport protection problems.

 

Aviation Projects' responsiveness, expert knowledge, attention to detail, rigorous technical analysis and professional approach to its work contributed to the ability of North Queensland Airports, and in particular, Mackay Airport Pty Ltd, to achieve its strategic intent. As a result, Aviation Projects has become a trusted advisor to the NQA group of companies.

Kevin Brown, CEO, North Queensland Airports