_________________________________________________. .. ."I think Ansett was an airline with quite considerable problems which Air New Zealand foolishly bought into lock, stock and barrel without any due diligence in order to keep Singapore Airlines out," Ms Clark said.. .__________________________________________________. .. .Well, that makes it quite clear that it was a spiteful spoiling ploy by AirNZ and nothing to do with reality. When you add in their breathtaking incompetence in a management role it seems tragedy was certain.