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October 22:
From the Australian Competition & 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"
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Media Source:-
ACCC - News Release
HERE
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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
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Media Source:-
Air Wise - Airline ANA
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October 28:
The USA's Pentagon has chosen Lockheed Martin Corporation to build its next generation of fighter jets in a $400b plus contract
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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
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Media Source:- Lockheed-Martin
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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
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Media Source:- HERE - British Rockets HERE
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