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Quote from Dick Smith:- "Come on Airservices! The tower should have been changed
to an air/ground operator two years ago"
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Make that 3 years as of August 2001 and it has cost the Australian aviation industry
about $6.36 million during that period waiting for some decision to be made
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Costing from Dick Smith Flyer WWW Page
HERE
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OZ Flights to Sri Lanka Diverted
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July 25:
Sri Lankan Airlines flights from Australia were diverted to neighbouring India and to the Emirates as separatist
rebels firing guns and mortars attacked Colombo's International Airport and an adjoining military air base in
a pre dawn raid
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Two Airbus A340s and an A330 passenger
jets were destroyed with two others damaged along with another 10 military aircraft written off
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Media Source:- HERE
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QLD Government Investment
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A new aviation industry training centre is to be built near Brisbane Airport which
is expected to train 200 aircraft maintenance apprentices, trainees and pre-vocational students next year
increasing to an anticipated 1000 training places by the year 2005
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It will also provide cabin crew, aerospace medicine, air traffic control,
catering and maintenance training with the centre to be self-funding and in full private ownership within three
years
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QLD Government Media Sources
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Federation Air Show @ Roma
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