longjohn: Do not make a comment if you do not know the accurate facts. At the end of the day SQ were prevented from taking over AN by John Howard. Geoff Dixon of QF got in the ear of John Howard. SQ wanted rights to the trans pacific and had ideas of operating round the world flights such as BA and UA had at times. QF had objected each time SQ applied for traffic rights trans pacific. QF were petrified of SQ at the time. One of the arguments SQ used was they allowed QF to pick up and put down in SIN enroute to LHR and MAN. SQ wanted rights to pick up and put down in SIN enroute to LAX and SFO.