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{{Infobox airline
| airline = Ansett Australia
| logo = Ansett logo.svg
| logo_size = 125
| IATA = AN
| ICAO = AAA
| callsign = ANSETT
| parent = {{nowrap|[[Air New Zealand]] {{small|(2000–2001)}}}}
| founded = {{ubl|
| '''Part 1:''' {{start date|1936|02|17|df=yes}}<br />{{small|(
| '''Part 2:''' {{start date|2001|10||df=yes}}
| ceased = {{ubl|▼
| '''Part 1:''' {{end date|2001|09|13|df=yes}}
▲| ceased = {{ubl|
| '''Part 2:''' {{end date|
(merged into [[Qantas]])
| key_people = [[Peter Abeles]] (former owner & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])▼
▲| key_people = [[Peter Abeles]] (former owner & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
▲| founders = [[Reg Ansett]]
| hubs = {{ubl|class=nowrap
▲| headquarters = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
| [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]]
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| secondary_hubs = {{ubl|class=nowrap▼
| {{nowrap|[[Sydney Airport|Sydney]]}}▼
▲| secondary_hubs = {{ubl|
| focus_cities = {{ubl|class=nowrap▼
▲ | {{nowrap|[[Brisbane Airport|Brisbane]]}}
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▲| focus_cities = {{ubl|
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| frequent_flyer = {{ubl|class=nowrap▼
▲ | {{nowrap|[[Cairns Airport|Cairns]]}}
▲ | {{nowrap|[[Canberra Airport|Canberra]]}}
| Golden Wing Club }}
| lounge = {{ubl|class=nowrap
▲| frequent_flyer = {{ubl|
▲ | {{nowrap|Global Rewards}}
| alliance
| fleet_size = ▼
▲ | {{nowrap|Ansett Executive Lounge}}
| destinations = ▼
▲ | {{nowrap|Ansett Business Class Lounge}}
| website = {{URL|www.ansett.com.au}}▼
▲| fleet_size =
▲| destinations =
▲| website = {{URL|www.ansett.com.au}}
}}
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An unusual feature of Ansett's operations was the flying-boat service from [[Rose Bay, New South Wales|Rose Bay]] in Sydney to [[Lord Howe Island]]. This was operated by Ansett Flying Boat Services using [[Short Sandringham]] four-engined aircraft. The service ceased in 1974 when the [[Lord Howe Island Airport]] was completed.
===Unification,
Ansett lost control of the company to [[Peter Abeles]]' [[Thomas Nationwide Transport|TNT]] and [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] in 1979, with Abeles taking operational control of the airline. The airline prospered in the 1980s, and its various operating divisions were progressively unified both operationally and in terms of corporate identity. Following the change of ownership, Ansett introduced a new livery designed by [[Landor Associates]], featuring plain white fuselages, simple Ansett logotypes in a [[serif]] typeface and a blue tailfin with a stylised [[Crux|Southern Cross]] logo. Through the mid-1980s this livery was rolled out to the regional parts of the Ansett system which were also rebranded as the new colours were rolled out, becoming Ansett NSW, Ansett NT, Ansett WA etc..
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In addition to these heavy spending costs on fleet renewal, a number of substantial investments performed badly, including a share in the US [[America West Airlines]] (which filed for bankruptcy and survived) and its [[Hamilton Island (Queensland)|Hamilton Island]] resort (which went into receivership). In 1984, Ansett was embroiled in controversy after it banned [[HIV]]-positive individuals from travelling on their planes to protect their staff. The Australian Flight Attendants Association ultimately rejected the bans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/articles/0310sendziuk.html|title=Eureka Street - October 2003|access-date=1 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402035944/http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/articles/0310sendziuk.html|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In October 1987, the Australian parliament voted to repeal the Airlines Agreement Act with effect from October 31, 1990. This [[Airline deregulation|deregulated]] the airline industry in Australia and exposed Ansett to direct competition for the first time. Ansett had anticipated this change and in July of that year had acquired [[East-West Airlines (Australia)|East-West Airlines]], a regional airline that had gradually expanded from its origins in New South Wales to become an inter-state operator. East-West had circumvented the regulations of the Two Airlines Policy by flying between the regulated state capitals via smaller intermediate airports, allowing it both offer a denser and more accessible service pattern and much lower fares than the ones set by regulation charged by Ansett and TAA. East-West had become Ansett's main competitor in many of its regional services and the airline's growth played a large part in the successful campaign to overturn the Two Airlines Policy. In preparation for deregulation East-West's owners sold the company but within weeks the new owner, [[Stan Perron]], sold the airline to Ansett. At this stage the East-West brand was retained, but with an updated livery.
Similar deregulation of the airline industry had been introduced in [[New Zealand]] in the late 1980s, and Ansett pursued this opportunity to expand its operations internationally. In 1987 Ansett entered into an agreement with the owners of the struggling New Zealand domestic airline [[Newmans Air]] which saw Ansett Transport Industries take on a 50 per cent stake in a recapitalised and expanded company renamed [[Ansett New Zealand]]. Ansett NZ adopted the same white Landor livery as its parent company, but with the four red stars of the [[Flag of New Zealand|New Zealand flag]] on the tail in place of the six white ones (as per the [[flag of Australia]]) on the Ansett livery, and therefore also lacking the green and orange 'speed stripes' on the tail.
In its own preparation for the new deregulated industry, Ansett rebranded itself in mid-1990, taking on the name Ansett Australia and adopting a new livery with the [[Flag of Australia|Australian flag]] on the tail. This change also saw the end of the East-West name, being replaced by 'Ansett Express', which was adopted for the short-haul and commuter services in New South Wales formerly operated by Ansett NSW and East-West. This rebranding also followed a period of [[debt restructuring]] and by the start of 1994 the company was reported to be back to making an operating profit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/ansett-to-start-bali-service-in-september-19930607-k5hf6|title=Financial Review - June 1993|access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref> By this point all the regional branding had been dropped, with all aircraft carrying the same Ansett scheme, and a new tail logo called the 'Starmark' (combining the Southern Cross of the previous livery, the blue of the flag livery and a stylised 'A' as a nod to Ansett's 1960s scheme) had been introduced. This final change also saw the withdrawal of the Ansett Express branding, with these services now being flown under the corporate Ansett Australia title.
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[[File:70cc - Ansett Australia Boeing 747-412; VH-ANA@SYD;04.09.1999 (5016723590).jpg|thumb|[[Boeing 747-400]] ''Spaceship'' at [[Sydney Airport]] in September 1999]]
In the late 1990s, Ansett paid millions of dollars for the right to be official airline of the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000 Olympics]], an investment generally regarded as unwise. Ansett saw this tie-in as a key marketing opportunity to expand its presence in southern and eastern Asia. Five [[Boeing 747-400|Boeing 747-400s]] were leased (four [[Aircraft_lease#Dry_lease|dry leased]] from Singapore Airlines and one [[Aircraft_lease#Wet_lease|wet leased]] from [[Qantas]]) to add further services and new routes to [[Seoul]], [[Taipei]], and [[Kuala Lumpur]]. The aircraft were branded with 'Sydney 2000' livery. Neither the Olympic Games nor the new routes generated the expected traffic, and several of these new routes were withdrawn shortly after the Games concluded. This destabilised the finances of the company considerably, in tandem with other industrial and internal factors (see below) right before the [[September 11 attacks]] affected the global airline industry and economy.
===Air New Zealand merger and collapse===
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|[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]]
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| 1981-1987
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|[[Douglas DC-3| Douglas DC-3/C-47]]
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Golden Wing Club was the airport lounge service owned and operated by Ansett. Members received a bi-monthly magazine called ''Travelling Life'', as well as many other features. Golden Wing Club Lounges were located throughout Australia in [[Melbourne]], [[Sydney]], [[Brisbane]], [[Adelaide]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Canberra]], [[Cairns]], [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Alice Springs]], and [[Hamilton Island (Queensland)|Hamilton Island]]. Ansett also ran international Golden Wing Clubs at Sydney and Perth, with an added "First Class" section of the Sydney Club for those travelling International First Class from 1994 to 1998. Access was available to Golden Wing Club members travelling on an Ansett or subsidiary service (e.g. Kendell, Aeropelican and Skywest) on the day of travel. Complimentary access was granted for Global Rewards Diamond and Sapphire members, as well as [[Star Alliance]] Gold (and above) members.
Lounges were for a time, located in [[Auckland]], [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[Wellington]] and [[Christchurch]] with members being able to access all [[Star Alliance]] Lounges as well. The lounges initially closed following the appointment of administrators and subsequent grounding of the group in September 2001, however select lounges re-opened in a scaled-back capacity in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth only from November 2001 until March 2002 while Ansett Mark II was operating.
Following Ansett's final flights in March 2002, the lounges permanently closed. In the weeks that followed they were emptied of their expensive artwork and other items of value in subsequent auctions, leaving behind furniture and a variety of fittings, most of which was purchased by the various airport owners who bought the terminals back from Ansett's administrators. Today, many of the former Golden Wing Clubs in Australia live on as new lounges, occupied by Virgin Australia as its member lounge in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, through leases secured with the airport owners. The former Golden Wing in Cairns was used initially by Australian Airlines as a crew training facility followed by Qantas as a temporary [[Qantas Club]] while the Cairns terminal underwent redevelopment, before being demolished in the terminal redevelopment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying/qantasClub/qcNews|title=Qantas - Book airfares on Australia Pacific's Best Airline|access-date=14 August 2015}}</ref> The Perth Golden Wing was used by charter airline Alliance, and then became Virgin's sixth lounge before being vacated in late 2015 when Virgin relocated to the new Domestic T1 terminal. The Canberra Lounge was used by Virgin Blue and eventually closed and demolished to make way for the new Canberra Terminal redevelopment. The Adelaide and Gold Coast lounges have both, in the process of terminal redevelopments, been demolished.
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==Accidents and incidents==
*On 17 May 1946, VH-UZP [[Lockheed Model 10 Electra|Lockheed 10B Electra]] "Ansalanta", Essendon to Parafield (Ansett Airways inaugural direct service). [[Controlled flight into terrain]] on an instrument approach, aircraft ended inverted – 12 on board survived without serious injury.
*On 18 June 1950, VH-BZK, a [[Douglas DC-3]] was involved in a ground collision with an empty coal train while taxiing. <ref name="Spirits of Ansett Train">{{cite web |url=https://spiritsofansett.com/history/train |title=Plane Meets Train |accessdate=2024-03-05 }}</ref> The aircraft collided with the train on the [[level crossing]] that existed at the time on Runway 22 at Kingsford-Smith Airport. The DC-3 was severely damaged and the aircraft's first officer received minor injuries, while 5 of the train's coal wagons derailed.
*On 30 November 1961, [[Ansett-ANA Flight 325]], a [[Vickers Viscount]], crashed into [[Botany Bay]] shortly after take-off from [[Sydney Airport|Kingsford-Smith Airport]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. The starboard wing failed in a thunderstorm. All 15 people on board were killed.<ref name=ASN301161>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19611130-1 |title=Accident description |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=2 October 2009}}</ref>
*On 22 September 1966, [[Ansett-ANA Flight 149]], a [[Vickers Viscount]], crashed at [[Winton, Queensland]] after a mid-air fire caused structural failure of the port wing. All 24 people on board were killed.<ref name=ASN220966>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660922-1 |title=Accident description |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=7 October 2009}}</ref>
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* ATR-600
And in the second half of 2018 inaugurating in Brisbane (Queensland) its 3 bay simulation new building on the vicinity of the Brisbane International Airport by the [[Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning|Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning]] Hon Cameron Dick MP, to accommodate a brand new ATR72-600 TRU simulator, adding in early 2019 a second Fokker 100 full flight simulator, acquiring full certification from CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Australia) to operate both of them :* ATR-600
* Fokker 100
<div>* King Air 350i/200 (Maroochydore)</div><div>
<div>in 2022, AAT was taken over by Aviation Training Partners, a consortium of Bain Capital, Arcadia Capital, and affiliates of the leadership team of Bridger Aerospace Group.</div>
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===John Holland Aviation Services===
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