Rationalisation By Science
p. 21 · Read in the full issue
An inkling of the science used to achieve airline rationalisation in istralia was given by Donald George Anderson, Australia’s Director mcral of Civil Aviation, when he toured Papua and New Guinea with j Minister, Senator Shane Paltridge, early in March.
Said Don Anderson during one stop in their whirlwind tour: “We had a bit of trouble deciding which airline, TAA or Ansett- WA should operate the service to New Guinea on which days, when mtas pulled out.
“Both airlines came to me asking for the same days—they had picked it the best traffic days for themselves. I told them to go away and talk over.
“But still they couldn’t agree, so it was decided by a toss of the coin, nd Ansett lost. The Ansett fellows reckoned that the TAA chaps hadn’t un the penny properly.” (Ansett flies to New Guinea on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. iA on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Sunday and Tuesday ghts are regarded as the most lucrative.)