Background

During work on the Perth Route Review Project it was identified that, with changes to navigation and separation capabilities, systemic improvements can be extended beyond the Perth terminal area to include the entire Western Australia route structure. The project was therefore re-scoped and renamed accordingly.

Stage 1 of the Western Australia Route Review Project has been initiated to deal with the high priority systemic safety issues identified in the route structure and SID/STAR package for operations in the Perth Terminal area. Once this component is completed Stage 2 will address route structure issues to more remote destinations in Western Australia.

As part of the consultation that will be undertaken during the project this website has been developed to encourage awareness and understanding of proposed changes and also provide opportunity for feedback and suggestion. The site will be updated as developments to designs progress.

The proposed timeline for changes aims for implementation of designs in June 2007. In order to achieve this goal, designs will be developed over the next 6 months and finalised by the start of January 2007.  Initial advice on route structure issues and options will be posted for comment by mid July.

Scope of Stage 1

To design and implement a route structure & integrated SID/STAR package that:

• provides for continued traffic growth in the Perth terminal area by
• significant increasing systemic safety and
• reducing complexity.

• complies with:
• Air Traffic Management Design Manual standards
• Environmental requirements and
• Industry preferred options where possible.

WARRP – Stage 1 Delay - (updated 21 December 2006)

Recent simulation trials of proposals revealed additional issues to be addressed and highlighted the complexity of factors impacting Perth operations, as mentioned previously. The effect of identifying further changes needed to proposals meant that the project would be unable to complete all environmental and consultation processes in time for the January submission cut-off for June charts. The decision was therefore taken to defer the implementation of changes to November 2007. Whilst the complexity of the task eventually meant the delay was unavoidable it does present further opportunity to refine the proposals and improve outcomes for all at implementation. Additional work on the proposals will now be undertaken and further information on progress posted as it becomes available.

Stages 1 and 2 Combined - Implementation re-scheduled for June 2008 (updated 30 April 2007)

As described above, the complexity of factors impacting on Perth operations required additional work which the WARRP Implementation Team has conducted with all affected units. View full details for Stages 1 and 2 Combined.

June 2008 Implementation deferred until November 2008 (updated March 2008)

Since our last update, significant work has been undertaken to improve the route structure throughout Western Australia. However, after an assessment of the work program, it was concluded that the implementation dateline of June would not be met and as such the date was pushed back to 20 November 2008.

• Status

To date all aspects of route and airspace design have been completed including design safety assessment, industry and military consultation and approval by the Office of Airspace Regulation at CASA. Unfortunately the tasks of procedures validation, implementation planning and group training requirements to meet a 5 June implementation were not completed and or were not at a stage where we were comfortable to proceed. Work on the revised separation minima with CASA is still ongoing.

Industry consultation

At the RAPAC forum conducted on 29th February 2008 industry was presented with the new Route and SID/STAR structure for November 2008 implementation. View full details of the information presented at the meeting.

As an Air Navigation Service Provider it is paramount to maintain safety while continuing to improve our services to you. This Project remains a priority and we are on target for our new implementation date of 20th November 2008. 

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