27/09
At a time when the world economy is going pretty well, (without looking at any down sides around the corner) this airline must be able to perform well in the current conditions irrespective of the fuel price.
From what I'm reading it isn't performing at all well (and it's going to get a whole lot worse) so I don't see why the government should wade in and prop it up if the business plan it's got isn't currently working. Flog it off to Qantas instead, or if we're really lucky there might be more than one interested party (unlikely after the buttf*ck the NZ govt dished out to Singapore last time)
Eventually it will have to be looked at as a business that must make money, not some charity basket case that pleads to the government every 5 minutes that it needs another handout because it's sustained survival is for the good of the country. It's pretty obvious it isn't.
Plenty of other good companies, including competition that Air NZ put under, haven't got jack from the government.