Australian Pilot training academy to teach Indian students

The Ballarat airport in central Victoria will be upgraded as part of a deal to establish a pilot training academy on site.
Ballarat council has signed a deal with a Singaporean consortium to establish the facility.
It will train up to 600 pilots a year, the first of whom will start in November.
Most of the students will be from India and China.
Ballarat councillor Wayne Rigg says the use of smaller aeroplanes means there will be no need to prepare the runway for larger planes, but improvements are likely.
“We’re dealing with Cessna 172 aircraft which are small, light fixed-wing aircraft which already operate out of the airport and most regional airports, so there’s no requirement for the upgrade of the pavement load and or the length of the runway,” he said.
04/09/07 ABC Regional Online, Australia