TEMPORARY CHANGES TO OFF AIR ROUTES FLIGHT PLANNING OPTIONS - FLEX
TRACKS AND USER PREFERRED ROUTES (UPR) AVAILABLE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTAM IS TO NOTIFY INDUSTRY OF THE TEMPORARY
REPLACEMENT OF FLEX TRACKS WITH UPR ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT
DUE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED REDUCTION IN GLOBAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AS A
RESULT OF COVID-19.
THIS NOTAM REFERENCES THE OFF AIR ROUTES PLANNING (OARP) MANUAL
(ATS-MAN-0080), WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE AIRSERVICES
AUSTRALIA WEBSITE AT:
WWW.AIRSERVICESAUSTRALIA.COM/FLIGHT-BRIEFING/OFF-AIR-ROUTE-FLIGHT-PLA
NNING-OPTIONS/FLIGHT-PLANNING-REGIONAL-OPTIONS/.
OARP CHAPTER 3 - AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT APPLIES WITH THE FOLLOWING
AMENDMENTS:
UPR MAY BE FLIGHT PLANNED BY AIRCRAFT OPERATORS ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN
CONTINENT.
FOR FLIGHTS DEPARTING/ARRIVING YBBN, YSSY, YMML, YPAD OR YPPH, THE
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