Organisation
The agency's headquarters are located in the Alan Woods Building in central Canberra, which is named in honour of the late Alan Woods, a Chairman of the agency's predecessor organisation, the Civil Aviation Authority.
The agency is self-funded and controlled by a Board of Directors, accountable to the Australian Parliament, through the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, The Honourable Anthony Albanese MP. The Chairman of the agency's Board is Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC,AFC (Ret'd). The Chief Executive Officer of Airservices Australia is Air Vice-Marshal Margaret Staib (Ret'd). The agency maintains approx. 3900 highly skilled aviation professionals, including air traffic controllers, engineering specialists, technicians and support staff working from two major control centres, and 28 air traffic control towers at capital city and regional airports. In 1999, the agency commenced using The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System (TAAATS), a computerised air traffic control system covering all sectors of Australian air space.
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