October 22: 
From the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission: Quote:- "Removing price controls on airports would undoubtedly lead to very significant price rises in all Australian airports"

"Australia should learn from the New Zealand example and also take note that other airport services in the western world are generally either subject to economic regulation or are provided by government-owned airports"

October 25: 
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced that it will close its Australian operations, including the offices in both Brisbane and Sydney, on November 30

ANA flights between Australia and Japan commenced in 1987 and up to recently they had a code-sharing agreement with the now collapsed Ansett International airline

October 28: 
The USA's Pentagon has chosen Lockheed Martin Corporation to build its next generation of fighter jets in a $400b plus contract

The contract is for 3,000 X-35's including a short take-off and vertical landing version, carrier operation and standard fighter model which will replace the ageing F-14 Tomcat, F-16 Falcon and F/A-18 Hornet in the USA military arsenal

The newly refurbished Concorde, redesigned to help prevent a repeat of the one-and-only accident, now includes Kevlar lined fuel tanks, reinforced hydraulic lines and new design tyres

Home made blueberry, chocolate, banana and apple muffins are being baked by airline staff and served to passengers on some of Kendell Airlines flights

Pilots and flight attendants have been offering the delicious muffins as in-flight refreshments on the Albury-Wodonga flight to Sydney after the professional caterers were scrapped recently by the "bean counting" Kendell company administrators (administrators appointed)

October 30: 
The QLD University has finally launched their HyShot rocket from Woomera in SA where the British launched their Blue Streak and Black Knight rockets back in the '60's

Shortly after launch project boss, Dr Allan Paull, is recorded in the media as saying the data on the flight was inconclusive and later on as an unsuccessful experiment - Previous News HERE