Twenty-five productive years
The partnership between Avisure/Ecosure and Gold Coast Airport (GCA) is one of the rare business relationships to stand the test of time – 25 years in fact.
The partnership between Avisure/Ecosure and Gold Coast Airport (GCA) is one of the rare business relationships to stand the test of time – 25 years in fact.
The ibis in question is not the divisive aircraft strike hazard, Threskiornis moluccus, aka the Australian white ibis, but the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) Bird Strike Information System or IBIS.
‘You’ve got to think like a corella – get inside their head’. That’s how Tony Goodwin, who has been a wildlife management officer with Avisure for just under 11 years, describes his approach to managing over-abundant little corellas.
Ronel Jit, Avisure’s Southern Regional Manager and Principal Environmental Scientist, presented a thought-provoking subject at the Australian Aviation Wildlife Hazard Group’s forum held in Adelaide in September.
A number of Councils south of Perth are facing substantial problems with flocks of Little Corella. This problem is not isolated to South Perth, the problems associated with increasing abundance of Little Corellas is Australia wide issue.
Welcome to our first newsletter for 2022 – the time sure flies when you’re having fun! This year has not disappointed; but despite the global pandemic, La Niña, floods, fuel hikes etc, we continue to keep optimistic about aviation.
Bird species that cause havoc
Which birds would you think have caused the greatest toll in aviation?
Did you know? Kestrels have two super powers: their ability to hover like a helicopter, and to hunt rodents using their ultraviolet light vision.
Christmas is fast approaching, and we look forward to our varied family traditions. Here at Avisure we also end the year with a tradition, and although for the second year we not are not able to catch up in person, it will not stop us from celebrating our team and the year that was.