GDay. By my recollection, EastWest had ordered the F100 to replace the F28s. Ables had sought to stitch up the airfreight and parcel business in Europe by ordering 60 or so Bae146s, thus depriving other operators the chance of acquiring these quiet aircraft-this would be seen as a requirement to win the night airfreight contracts. His attempt to thus corner the market failed and he was left with surplus 146s
Whether Ables acquired EW so as to give a home to his surplus 146s, I do not know. Again, by recollection, EW had their F100s orders sold off and they were forced to use the 146s that had been intended for the European parcel business.
EW was subsequently integrated into Ansett in a fairly orderly fashion.
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