In memory of… Luit Buurma
Barely a month after his 75th birthday, Dutch aviation ornithologist of world standing, Luit (pronounced Lute) Buurma died as a result of a massive heart attack.
Introducing … Andrew Walters
Andrew Walters started his latest role at Melbourne Airport in May 2021 somewhat inauspiciously. Quarantined in a Sydney hotel at the height of COVID, he spent his first couple of weeks as the airport’s manager, airfield operations, managing via Teams meetings, with his wife still living in Dubai and 4 months pregnant.
Introducing … Dionysios Ntampakis
Dionysios Ntampakis has been Wildlife Hazard Manager with Fraport Greece since January 2017, returning to Greece that year after spending several years in Berlin.
Testimonial-Canberra
In planning for its 2016 airport emergency table-top exercise, Canberra Airport wanted to commission a professional emergency exercise facilitator—someone with experience and knowledge of the aerodrome environment, experience in managing emergency exercises, and last, but not least, professionalism. With over 25 years’ experience at airports, Avisure’s Jill Brix is very well-known and respected within the aviation industry, and proved to be the ideal facilitator.
Testimonial-YVR
Avisure has been the Vancouver Airport Authority’s wildlife management services contracted provider since May, 2014. During this time, our respective organizations have built a collaborative working relationship, which extends beyond fulfilling wildlife management requirements. I attribute this to our mutual commitment to ensuring safety is paramount in everything that we do. Avisure ensures safe and efficient airport operations by providing expert knowledge and insights to continually improve our safety systems.
Testimonial-Sydney
Sydney Airport is the busiest airport in the southern hemisphere, operating three runways. We have a “safety-first” focus with respect to wildlife management.
Testimonial-Ballina
Ballina Byron Gateway Airport engaged Jill Brix from Avisure to facilitate our table-top and full-field emergency exercises for 2017. Jill’s extensive knowledge in all areas of emergency management and exercise facilitation, professionalism, and commitment to delivering exercises that reached all of our objectives, exceeded our expectations. Jill’s engagement with not only the airport operations team,
Testimonial-Ventia
Avisure has been an ongoing provider of wildlife strike mitigation services to Broadspectrum Services (now Ventia) since February 2011. Avisure worked initially at RAAF Base Edinburgh in South Australia, but following the success of the program, work extended to Victorian bases. As a result of Avisure’s wide-ranging efforts, since their engagement, there have been zero
Testimonial-GC
Gold Coast Airport has had a long-standing relationship with Avisure. They were first brought in for expert advice in 1997, but over the following 20-plus years, the relationship has extended into developing wildlife hazard management plans and procedures, risk assessments and research trials, on- and off-airport surveys, and assistance with implementing risk management strategies. We
Species Spotlight – Southern Black-backed Gull
The southern black-backed gull is found throughout the southern hemisphere (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and sub-Antarctic islands), and, particularly in New Zealand, is a widespread and super-abundant bird species.