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Sydney flights get back to normal after dust storm

Sydney Airport says it is confident it can avoid delays to flights this morning after yesterday's dust storm disrupted flight plans for thousands of passengers.

Some passengers were forced to wait up to six hours after a number of flights were diverted, delayed or cancelled.

But the airport's general manager of corporate affairs, Rod Gilmour, says the canceled and delayed flights should not cause a problem for people travelling today.

"Obviously there's been some cancellations and there will be some cleaning up to be done, but based on the weather forecasts we've got, we should start with a new clean slate, and things should be returned to normal."

- ABC

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