Delta
Tired of seeing you sorry ass Kiwis throwing that in our faces continuously.
AIRNZ was in no position to capitalise on the open skies agreement. You had a fleet of clapped out 200 series 737s. You did not have the expertise to operate in Australian domestically either! That has been coldly proven since with Ansett.
What you wanted to do was run your 767s between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in an ad hoc arrangement. Not in the spirit of the open skies agreement and a far cry from you being a third competitor against the then incumbents.
AirNZ is gone without Qantas. With expensive recapitalisation you will be cut off at the knees by Virgin Blue and decapitated by Qantas if you go it alone. Even your socialist government knows this.
More jobs for Aussie pilots either way.