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About Ansett Australia

Ansett Australia was an Australian airline that flew passenger flights between 1936–2002. The airline was one of the major and longest-serving airlines in Australia. At the time that it stopped flying Ansett flew domestic flights within Australia, to destinations in all Australian states, as well as international flights to Fiji, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. It flew to 36 destinations overall, with 28 domestic destinations and 8 international destinations in its flight schedule.

The airline launched in 1936 under the name 'Ansett Airways' with a flight between Hamilton and Melbourne, with the goal of becoming a competitor to Australia National Airways, which was the main airline flying domestic flights within Australia at the time. Over the years, Ansett Airways grew bigger within Australia and became one of the big players in the country. It acquired lots of smaller, regional airlines in the country in and merged their routes into its own flight schedule to allow it to grow.

In 1987, Ansett launched domestic flights in New Zealand with a subsidiary airline — Ansett New Zealand. In the 1990s, the airline launched international flights, first to Bali, then to Osaka - Japan and later to Jakarta, Shanghai and many other destinations within Asia.

In 2000, Air New Zealand acquired Ansett after the airline began to struggle due to competition from Qantas and various other airlines launching in Australia. However, the airline continued to struggle and Air New Zealand put Ansett into voluntary administration. The airline briefly re-launched in the same year with reduced services. But, by mid-2002, after an unsuccessful scramble for new buyers, the airline fully ceased operations and never flew again.