Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited Pricing for the 2019-2022 Period
Submissions on other GA topics This section summarises and responds to GA submissions on topics that were not directly raised in the Pricing Proposal document. For each topic, the submissions received are summarised and Airways’ response is explained.
CONSULTATION PROCESS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
VFR access to controlled airspace
AIRWAYS PROPOSED
PART A AIRLINES
Airways’ pricing proposal did not cover VFR access to controlled airspace.
PART B GENERAL AVIATION
SUMMARY OF SUBMISSIONS
AOPA NZ raised concerns about VFR access to controlled airspace, including:
APPENDIX 1 PRICING TABLES AND EXAMPLES
X X GA aircraft are seen as ‘second class’ citizens and requests for ‘controlled VFR’ into airspace are often declined. X X When controlled airspace is not serviced by a controller it reverts back to ‘class G airspace’ rules. They would like Airways to investigate the practicalities of these gaps being NOTAM’ed or adjoining controllers informing them of the situation and allowing them to fly through using G airspace rules. X X VFR flight plan details are not displayed in front of the controller. They asked whether Airways could enable the standard ICAO flight plan form to include a ‘V’ to enable the filing of a full flight plan. AIRWAYS’ RESPONSE AOPA NZ’s concerns relate to operational issues which are outside the scope of this pricing consultation. In subsequent discussions between Airways and AOPA NZ we have asked for specific examples of where VFR access to controlled airspace has been denied and we have followed these up on a case by case basis.
APPENDIX 2 SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Circuit charges
AIRWAYS PROPOSED
Airways proposed an inflationary adjustment to circuit charges which are applied to each circuit flown.
SUMMARY OF SUBMISSIONS
Flying New Zealand and AOPA NZ suggested that a single circuit charge per flight would encourage pilot training.
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