On-time arrivals were still the second-worst of every major region, above only North America at 74 per cent and well below the global average of 86 per cent.
The four trainees studied 10 weeks online and 20 weeks face-to-face, and will now return to Australia for additional instruction in Airservices’ Melbourne facility before being sent to control towers at regional airports for their final field training.
The $200 million Deep Maintenance and Modification Facility is expected to facilitate the specialist maintenance of the Australian Defence Force’s Boeing 737 variant military aircraft.