Acronyms and abbreviations

Acronyms and abbreviations

2007 EIS

Environmental Impact Statement for Brisbane Airport's New Parallel Runway

2018 Health Department Study

The health effects of environmental noise—was commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health (2018)

2023 draft EIS

Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport—Airspace and flight path design, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (June 2023)

AAA

Australian Airports Association

AAB

Brisbane Airport Community Airspace Advisory Board

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

AFAP

Australian Federation of Air Pilots

Aircraft noise regulations

Air Navigation (Aircraft Noise) Regulations 2018

Airports

airport-lessee companies

Airports Act

Airports Act 1996 (Cth)

airport corporation/WSA Co

Western Sydney Airport Corporation

Airservices

Airservices Australia

Airservices Act

Airservices Act 1995 (Cth)

ANEF

Australian Noise Exposure Forecast

ANEI

Australian Noise Exposure Index

ANO

Aircraft Noise Ombudsman

ANO investigation

Investigation into complaints about the introduction of new flight paths in Hobart, conducted by the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman (2018)

ANSP

Air Navigation Service Providers

AONB

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

APA

Australian Pacific Airports (and its subsidiary APA (Melbourne))

BAC

Brisbane Airport Corporation

BACACG

Brisbane Airport Community Aviation Consultation Group

BAE-146

British Aerospace 146

BAPAF

Brisbane Airport Post Implementation Review Advisory Forum

BFPCA

Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance

BMCS

Blue Mountains Conservation Society

CAA

United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority

CAAA

Community Aviation Alliance Australia

CACG

Melbourne Airport Community Aviation Consultation Group

CASA

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

CCO

Continuous Climb Operations

CDO

Continuous Descent Operations

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CES

Airservices Community Engagement Standard

CNIS

Commonwealth Noise Insulation Scheme

committee

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee

Community Engagement Standard

Airservices Community Engagement Standard for Flight Path and Airspace Change Proposals

Cth

Commonwealth

dB

decibels

DCCEEW/Environment department

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Deloitte Report

Economic impact of a curfew at Western Sydney International Airport, prepared by Deloitte Access Economics in October 2022

Department/ Infrastructure Department/DITRDCA

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

DITRDCA/Infrastructure Department/department

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

Drones

Uncrewed traffic

DVCA

Dingley Village Community Association

Echo Point

Aboriginal Place of the Three Sisters

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EMG

East Melbourne Group

Emirates

Emirates Airline

Environment department/DCCEEW

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Environment Minister

Minister for Environment

EPBC Act

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)

FAA

United States Federal Aviation Administration

Flight Path Opponents Group

Carlton River, Primrose Sands and Forcett Flight Path Opponents Group

FOI

Freedom of Information requests

FoWSA

Forum on Western Sydney Airport

FTE

Full time equivalent

GBMWHA

Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area

GDP

Gross domestic product

IATA

International Air Transport Association

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organisation

Infrastructure Department/department/DITRDCA

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

Infrastructure Minister/Transport Minister

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

KSA

Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport

LAeq

energy equivalent noise level

Levies Act

Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act 1995 (Cth)

LTOP

Sydney Airport Long Term Operating Plan

MAEO

Melbourne Airport Environs Overlay

MDP

Major Development Plans

MNES

Matters of National Environmental Significance database

NAL

Australia's National Acoustic Laboratories

NAP

Noise Abatement Procedures

NASF

National Airports Safeguarding Framework

NASAG

National Airports Safeguarding Advisory Group

NCIS

Noise Complaints and Information Service

NFPMS

Airservices' Noise and Flight Path Monitoring System

NFSCS Review

Review of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy

NGO

Non-government organisation

NIPA

Noise Insulation and Property Acquisition Policy

NOS

Aircraft Operations National Operating Standard

NPR

Brisbane Airport's New Parallel Runway

NSW

New South Wales

NSW EPA

NSW Environmental Protection Authority

PACF

Perth Airport Community Forum

PBN

Performance Based Navigation

PIR

Post Implementation Review (Airservices)

QEAS

Queensland Economic Advocacy Solutions

RAAA

Regional Aviation Association of Australia

RAWSA

Residents Against Western Sydney Airport

RIS

Retirement Incentive Scheme

RMO

Runway Modes of Operation

RNAV

area navigation approach (also known as the long approach)

RNP

required navigation performance

RRAT

Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

SACF

Sydney Airport Community Forum

SADM Act

Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997

SID

Standard Instrument Departure

STAR

Standard Instrument Arrival

SODPROPS

Simultaneous Opposite Direction Parallel Runway Operations

Sydney Curfew Act

Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995

the Direction

Air Services (Use of Simultaneous Opposite Direction Parallel Runway Operations at Brisbane Airport) Direction 2024

TIBA

Traffic Information Broadcast by Aircraft

Transport Minister/Infrastructure Minister

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

UK

United Kingdom

US

United States

White paper

Aviation White Paper

WHO

World Health Organisation

WSA Co/the airport corporation

Western Sydney Airport Corporation

WSI

Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport

WSROC

Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils