remember this JA, he may not have saved Ansett but he has employed a large number of ex Ansett staff. why would he splash out near 1/2 a billion dollars to rescue a company thats been badly driven into the ground.

Ansett has no one to blame for it’s downfall but Ansett and Air NZ and the management teams of these companies.

on the point of airfares, i flew from Sydney to Perth for $ 170 about a week ago, thats the cheapest i have ever seen it.

not to mention that both QF and Virgin are throwing out flights for stupidly low prices atm.

the ansett levy is $10.00, i got no worries paying that.