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Please add ICAO Code 'TAA' and Callsign 'Transair' to main TAA article. Source:
http://www.aerosite.net/content/view/1553/54/
Thanks - Ping —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.8.224.4 ( talk) 05:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Could someone in the know explain a bit of the difference between Qantas and TAA during the heyday of the 70s and 80s. All I can glean is that a) Ansett, Qantas and TAA were all separate b) Qantas was somehow only international (and perhaps regional? ie not interstate) and TAA was the Commonwealth owned domestic network airline and Ansett privately owned. c) Qantas and TAA were merged by the Keating government ready for sale. It'd be useful to have this bit of context spelled out in its own section for we who were born well after all this had happened :p - Philbert83au
In short they where three different airlines, Qantas only flew international routes (not even regional routes), the domestic market was divided up between Ansett and TAA (Australian Airlines).
Also could someone revise the date which Australian Airlines ceased flying? Because they where purchased before dec 94, I know this for a fact as I flew a Qantas (hte purchasing airline) domestically from Canberra in Dec 94. 59.167.251.161 ( talk) 02:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
The article has a bit of POV and some humbug. Basically, Grey went into Compass without a business plan nor any secured space at airports. A/c lease companies took the machines back with court orders. The "Celestial Twins" did not have the influence to stop Compass. All airlines wanted to buy the L188, replacing the entire Viscount fleet. The Comm. Govt. only allowed 12 machines to be imported. Four were owned by Qantas when the L188 was grounded. They were replaced by LEAP in 1959. Viscounts were too small, had too short a range (without slippers), and pilots hated flying them. Reg Ansett wanted to buy the B727, and he got his way in 1960. The Comm Govt. was going to make them buy HS Tridents -- they did not become operational until 1969! I've heard the Caravelle story before, but I believe its just a rumor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.246.128 ( talk) 03:51, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
The name was "Trans-Australia Airlines". Note the hyphen.
Some quick research shows TAA management requested permission to import two Caravelles, and a number of Canadian CF102 airliners, circa 1958. Permission was immediately denied by cabinet. This was probably a political manouver rather than a genuine desire for such aircraft. 220.244.72.136 ( talk) 08:52, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
This article's been tagged "essay-like" for a year and bit, but I don't really see why, so I'm removing the tag. Please raise any specific problems here. Jpatokal ( talk) 13:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
2018 and it still reads like an essay. The language is too emotive to be an encyclopaedia entry ( 118.210.130.110 ( talk) 02:37, 27 April 2018 (UTC))