You're very naive Bronte, both AirNZ and Virgin want Ansett gone. Who do you think appointed PriceWaterhouseCoopers to administer Ansett! Thank goodness the ACTU were made aware that they were only hours away from liquidating Ansett. As for Virgin, I have no gripe with them. I have a lot of friends over there but this business is now cut-throat. The only guaranteed survivor is Qantas, Virgin and Ansett will be left to battle it out for the crumbs. Only one will survive and I don't feel bad that I hope its Ansett. If we could come together ala Impulse and QF thats even better.
I spoke wit one of the administrators and he indicated that prior to AirNZ giving Ansett the flick they asked both PWC and Andersons what each of their plans were. PWC said that they would liquidate, Andersons said they would sell as a going concern. Guess who got the job?