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5 unusual facts about Ansett Australia


1989 Australian pilots' dispute

As part of this campaign, AFAP pilots imposed on their employers (Ansett Australia, East-West, Ipec and Australian Airlines) a limitation on the hours they were prepared to work, arguing that if they were to be treated in exactly the same way as other employee groups (the stance adopted by the Government), their work conditions should also be the same.

Kirk McCarthy

McCarthy began racing in the Australian Superbike Championship in 1992, for the Ansett Suzuki team.

Nan Witcomb

Trained as a nurse at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, Nan joined Australian National Airlines (Later Ansett Australia) as a hostess in 1950, launching a 23-year career that she later documented in her memoir of the early days of hostessing "Up Here and Down There".

Natalie Hutchins

A key event during her time with the TWU was the collapse and closure of airline Ansett Australia.

Paul Kadak

Some of the biggest stories he has reported on include the 2000 Olympic Games, Russell Crowe's wedding, 2003 Rugby World Cup, Ansett Australia's last flight, exclusive reports on the 2004 CityRail crisis, Waterfall train disaster and produced state election coverage for the Seven Network.


Ansair

Ansair was founded by Reg Ansett in the 1945 in Tullamarine to body buses for his Ansett Pioneer coach operation as well as maunfacture aircraft components for Ansett Airways.

Ansett New Zealand

Ansett New Zealand was the result of Ansett Australia's desire to expand into the New Zealand market, enabled by the relaxation of regulation in the aviation sector by the fourth Labour government.

Karnivool

In October 2001, the band were chosen to support the Rollins Band but, due to the Ansett collapse, Henry Rollins and his band were forced to cancel their Perth show.

Ken Travers

He has had a number of challenging jobs, including Chairing the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission during a time when the Commissioner and Parliamentary Inspector did not always see eye to eye, and was Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism during the SARS epidemic, the Bali bombings, the collapse of Ansett and September 11 attacks.

No. 33 Squadron RAAF

Its attempts to procure one Boeing 727 each from domestic carriers Ansett and TAA were unsuccessful but, in December, Qantas agreed to sell the government two Boeing 707s for $14.5 million.

Skybus Super Shuttle

On 2 August 1982, Skybus took over the airport bus services run by the now-defunct airlines Ansett and TAA.


see also

Ansett New Zealand

Ansett Australia would be owned by Air New Zealand and (until it was bought out) Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, while Ansett New Zealand would be owned by News Corporation exclusively.