Re: New Airline and Speedrail??

[royboy@DELETE_THIS.bit.net.au (Roy Wilke)]

I know, this is getting rather tangental for aus.rail, but Compass #1
were their own worst enemy when it came to profitable operations.
They had widebodied Airbus jets, and didn't bother about carrying air
cargo in the cavernous under-floor cargo holds (well, cavernous for an
aircraft) which their jets had.

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:11:25 +1100, "Rod" <comtrain@mpx.com.au> wrote:

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>Richard <richard_snook@primus.com.au> wrote in message
>3841B858.1EA9F849@primus.com.au">news:3841B858.1EA9F849@primus.com.au...
>> I wonder what effect this new startup by Branson will have on the
>viability of the Melb_Sydney extension of Speedrail??
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>> Anyonwe have some factual insight!!
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>> cheers >:~)) Richard
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>> i'd still rather take the train :-)
>Quantas and Ansett are experts at keeping new starts from lasting...all they
>do is match their cheap fares and wait....soon like Compass , the new boy
>goes broke.
>Ansett then have a little pow-wow with Quantas and up go the fares again add
>a little to recover the losses!
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>Hey wait a minute!...This Branson guy might be different, seems to me he has
>a personal worth more than Quantas and Ansett combined. This could be very
>interesting indeed.
>Rod
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