MEL? I thought that they operations team was going to be based in ADL?
In other 07 news, Aerocare has been awarded the contract to handle them in SYD. I am not sure about other ports though.
I would say the launch maybe a bit further down the track, as Aerocare have not begun training of ground crew (or writing the training material for that matter). They haven't recruited any staff specifically for this contract either, though there will be a large intake (50+) this month of new CSA's for the SQ contract.