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Australian Airspace Policy Statement (AAPS) 2026
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- The AAPS is made pursuant to Part 2 of the Airspace Act 2007. The AAPS provides the Commonwealth Government’s airspace policy objectives and priorities to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and provides guidance to the aviation industry and other aviation agencies. CASA must administer airspace, as a national resource, consistent with its legislative functions, government policy objectives and priorities, and Australia’s obligations under the Chicago Convention.