About Us | Safety
Global Ballooning, being one of Australia's few balloon flight training schools and a CASA approved maintenance workshop, aims to achieve the highest standard of procedures to ensure utmost safety standards.
Global Ballooning is fully certified by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), working under Air Operator Certificate number M543317-06. All pilots are commercially licensed and are bound by regulations pertaining to any passenger airline.
Our chief pilot, Kiff Saunders, is a delegate of CASA, holding the highest possible qualifications in ballooning and has been inducted into the Australian Ballooning Federation (ABF) Hall of Fame.
Tim Steiner is an Australian National Ballooning Champion and Peter Wright has been presented with the ABF safety award.
Our impeccable safety record is backed up by our commitment to operate Australia's best maintained fleet of balloons. Our Maintenance Manager, Barry Ward has recently attended a maintenance course at Cameron Balloons in Bristol, England. In September 2006, he and Peter Wright also underwent 3 days of maintenance training at the Kavangh Balloons factory in Sydney.
At Global Ballooning, our desire to stay on top of up to the minute industry practices means that our passengers can rest assured they are enjoying their ballooning experience with one of the safest and most professional companies in the country.