History

1931 created the Australian Reginald Ansett a transport enterprise and began with bus and truck travels into Victoria. 1936 it created the new airline as Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd., which took up soon the Flugbtrieb between Melbourne and Hamilton with Fokker a universal. In the following time Ansett bought up many smaller airlines, among them on 4 October 1957 also a larger, Australia national Airways (ANA). This fusion remained visible until 1969 by the name Ansett ANA. Vickers Viscount and Lockheed L-188 Electra were used. Boeing 727 was starting from November 1964 Ansetts first jet. Beside Australia also haven Moresby was in the trust territory at that time new Guinea a central employment use of Ansett. 1981 one ordered a completely new fleet among other things Boeing 767, Boeing 737 and airbus A320, with which Ansett was the first Australian airline, which used airplanes of airbus Industries. 1990 was combined the airlines East west airlines, Ansett WA and Ansett express into Ansett Australia, which took up two years after the first international flights (Hong Kong). The international expansion took place carefully and slowly, since one penetrated now into a business field, in which so far only Qantas was active.

The bankruptcy of the airline

In September 2001 Ansett Australia had to announce, after the financial turbulences (Ansett Australia made daily 800,000 euro loss intermediate) and the passenger decrease due to the terrorist attacks from 11 September, like many other airlines, insolvency and stopped soon thereafter the flying operation. Thus a chaotic situation at the airports developed on the fifth continent, since all airline connections of the airline were almost anulliert and it for these aircraft passengers first no replacement gave. Finally the remaining Australian airlines could compensate the missing capacities by chartered airplanes. This venture meant an enormous energy expenditure, since Ansett Australia had controlled the domestic air traffic before. Several rescue attempts failed. Also the Ansett terminal at the Kingsford Smith air haven in Sydney had to be sold. Proceeds served the parent company of Ansett Australia for the repayment of the debts. This very day many airplanes of the society stand mothballed on enormous airplane cemeteries in Arizona. The parent company Ansett has to fight also today still with the debts of its former airline.

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