Re: Rumour

["PC" <chopper@cheerful.com>]

Interestingly enough  precisely stated  by me  in December  & January
Hinted at in October under a hypothetical.  However within that was the
suggestion that Virgin express & Virgin Atlantic  ( remember I posted the
link to the different entities)  With close association  To Singapore and
Ansett  May yet assume a strategic alliance .

It Makes sense that Both Qantas And Ansett have  "lite" and different
corporate imagery .
Once the AOC is sorted out and Mr. Branson's group may  get further into the
equation.

Lets say (July 17) to pick a date an announcement is made on a "new and
dynamic" way to travel in Australia.

As I said then it is interesting times . An interesting area may be the
largely unnoticed shift  going on in Cargo also.
Now that Ansett Air freight is TNT

There is almost a "Dallas" like culture in that arena of aviation and big
bucks are at stake. QF now with its extra 767.s  gives a heck of a lot of
belly load capacity . The logistics  have yet to catch up with the efficient
utilisation of  such capacity and in the main Australian Air Express is the
main mover of Domestic freight  associated with QF

However, personally would love to see a few more dedicated freighters
charging about .

"James Weber" <mattheww@uswest.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:38:35 +1200, David McLoughlin
> <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz> wrote:
>
> >James C. wrote:
> >>
> >> > If it is true, I wonder how long before Ansett jumps on the
bandwagon.
> >
> >> Maybe when Ansett bid for Melbourne Airport railway station?? well that
> >> is if Ansett ever interested in railway...
> >
> >
> >Hmm. Ansett Australia was bought by Air New Zealand last month. Nobody
> >in NZ let alone Air NZ has ever been interested in public transport to
> >our airports here.
> >
> >But hey, the news today is that Singapore Airlines is taking over Air
> >NZ,
> I think that's a bit of an exageration. SQ might like to take over NZ,
> but SQ's request for permission to buy 50% of NZ was knocked backed.
> The do have permission to acquire 25% of NZ, which they will do.
>
> QF is owned 25% by British Airways, I don't see anyone in this NG
> claiming BA has taken over QF.
> AN owned 25% of HP at one point. I didn't see AN taking over HP
> (Although it would have been a public service).
> In the not to distant past QF owned 25% of NZ. They obviously didn't
> take it over.
>
> Interestingly enough,this series of events with SQ, Brierly and NZ
> was predicted in Aviation Week and Space Technology about 6 weeks ago.