Tagged: aviation history
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Ansett's 2001 collapse: the job losses, stranded passengers and the entitlements fightWhen Ansett grounded its fleet in September 2001, roughly 16,000 workers lost their jobs overnight. What followed was one of Australia's messiest corporate wind-downs.By Ray Petrakis
How Air New Zealand took full control of Ansett — and what it cost both of themAir New Zealand's acquisition of full ownership of Ansett Australia looked like a trans-Tasman masterstroke. It ended in one of the largest corporate collapses in Australian history.By Ray Petrakis
Ansett Australia: the full rise and fall of a national airlineFrom Reg Ansett's single-plane service in 1936 to the administration that stranded 16,000 workers in 2001 — the definitive story of how Australia's second airline was built, sold and ultimately broken.By Ray Petrakis