Aug 4 (Reuters) - Alliance Aviation Services Ltd AQZ.AX :
* Alliance discontinues heavy maintenance at Brisbane
* Immediate cash saving means that total capital expenditure is forecast to reduce to approximately AUD20 million per year
* New contractor atb has completed 2 successful external maintenance checks
* Says company will be able to offer some of the staff alternative employment within alliance
* Says cessation of heavy maintenance in Brisbane will impact 22 staff positions within the alliance operation in Brisbane
* Says "redundancy costs that will be incurred are approximately $0.8million"
* Says "change at Brisbane will have no effect on our services to the resources sector"
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