Thread: A training college for China Southern Airlines in W.A. goes into liquidation.

I could never understand why the local council gave the CCP a 99 year lease on Merredin airport for $1. Probably the same reason the NT government sold the port of Darwin to the CCP. Fast $$$$.

Having said that, the core group of ground and flight instructors at CSWAFC were Australians, and very good at their jobs. Australian airlines have sourced good pilots from the ranks of the CSWAFC instructor group for a couple of decades now.

I hope the airline industry picks up quickly enough to place their former staff into better jobs.

Originally Posted by Hugh Jars

I could never understand why the local council gave the CCP a 99 year lease on Merredin airport for $1. Probably the same reason the NT government sold the port of Darwin to the CCP. Fast $$$$.

Having said that, the core group of ground and flight instructors at CSWAFC were Australians, and very good at their jobs. Australian airlines have sourced good pilots from the ranks of the CSWAFC instructor group for a couple of decades now.

I hope the airline industry picks up quickly enough to place their former staff into better jobs.

I guess it was either let the Chinese buy it, or close it altogether.

In 2019, businessman Clive Palmer criticised the Chinese ownership of the airport, but Premier Mark McGowan said the sale had created jobs and "supports the Royal Flying Doctor Service to save lives in the Wheatbelt".

It said it would look at selling all the company's assets — including the 37 small aircraft — in the new year.

Should be some cheap aircraft here, as without the Chinese I doubt that there would be enough demand from the local market to absorb the entire fleet.