A sad image

[erick (Eric)]

I miss Ansett.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0405-01-12.jpg

[Liz]

.... a bit sad too, I hadnt thought about where old planes go to die.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by erick

I miss Ansett.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0405-01-12.jpg

I think that one missed the runway!

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

I have to say that I miss the days of Ansett too Eric. They were just a nice airline to fly with. Polite and attentive - plain good service.

[erick (Eric)]

I was upgraded to First Class on one of their new flights to/from Japan. It still remains my most enjoyable flight ever! The chef came to discuss the menu, make recommendations and find out how I wanted my meals prepared.

[matt]

Originally Posted by erick

The chef came to discuss the menu, make recommendations and find out how I wanted my meals prepared.

OMG!!! Such care and attention to customer needs....no wonder they collapsed! That's not how things are done

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

My hubby misses Ansett too.
5 weeks off every 7 months.
Cheap flights
free flights
Good people to work with
He took a redundancy package in '99. Two years before it went bust.

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

That's a tad unusual. You would have thought the planes, to be in relatively good nick. They are certainly not the oldest still in commision. I would have thought they could have been sold off and re-branded to "Guatamalan Airlines" or something.

Geez, I've flown in some rust buckets over my time. I must say witnessing a wing panel, de-rivet itself mid air was the best / worst. It didn't catch the wind and rip off completely, yet you could see it was not aerodynamic any more, causing spirals off the front lip.

[erick (Eric)]

They were trying to sell them not too far post "9/11". Lack of Buyers. Wikipedia "Ansett" tells what happened to all the planes.

[TrevorW]

Housing problem solved

fit out with plumbing etc

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It'd make a wicked observatory.

[Gallifreyboy]

The Ansett collapse cost me a lot of $$$ not to mention a few grey hairs. A lot of people were stranded when it went belly up. I have never forgiven Air New Zealand for their part in the collapse and will never fly with them ever.

[erick (Eric)]

Yep, I saw Global Rewards points vanish down the gurgler. But others did it much tougher, of course.

[Baron von Richthofen (Vaclav)]

Bring back TAA best service ever

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Originally Posted by Gallifreyboy

The Ansett collapse cost me a lot of $$$ not to mention a few grey hairs. A lot of people were stranded when it went belly up. I have never forgiven Air New Zealand for their part in the collapse and will never fly with them ever.

Tell me about it!! My Father had been flying with them, to NZ and back every week, since the points system came in. He had something ridiculous, like the equivalent of 3 round the world trips on points.
He was about to start giving them out to the kids, when the company went out. Was going to be our reward for not having him in Australia for 3 years, except on weekends.

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by Vars191

Bring back TAA best service ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_om3JLK_Zd0

[Baron von Richthofen (Vaclav)]

Where can I book a ticket

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by erick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_om3JLK_Zd0

Memories... What a great ad. They changed the song later on to end with "Up, up and awaaayyy with TAA, the friendly way to flyyyyyyyy!!"