Australia is joining Indonesia and Malaysia in trialling a new method for tracking aircraft over remote oceanic areas.

Airservices Australia, along with its Malaysian and Indonesian counterparts, will test the new method that tracks aircraft every 15 minutes compared with 30 to 40 minutes previously.

It will use existing technology fitted to 90 per cent of long haul aircraft.

The new measures come after the disappearance of Malaysia airline MH370 a year ago, with 239 passengers and crew on board.