Blue Swan Daily- 10th October
For decades Air New Zealand has been desperate to gain access to the highly valuable Australian domestic aviation market. The peak – and nadir – of this desire was reached in 2001, 17 years ago this month, when Air New Zealand collapsed under the weight of an overambitious strategy to buy Ansett Airlines. That resulted in renationalisation of the flag carrier and a complete rearrangement of the airline systems in both Australia and New Zealand. Read more:
