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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

Australia building air traffic control system for drones ahead of influx of ‘flying taxis’

An air taxi
‘The way we do air traffic control today won’t work for the number of drones we expect to see in our skies,’ Airservices Australia says. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

Australia is building an air traffic control system for drones as authorities prepare for a surge in uncrewed aircraft flights and flying taxis over the next decade.

Airservices Australia – the federal government agency responsible for managing airspace across the country – has appointed air traffic management company Frequentis Australasia to develop a “digital air traffic management to safely integrate millions of uncrewed aircraft flights into Australia’s busy airspace”.

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