The sudden collapse of Ansett Airlines has been followed by the inevitable recriminations against Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, the NZ Government, and anyone else who had a hand in the company’s fall.The real blame lies closer to home: with successive Australian governments which have approved foreign takeovers of companies like Ansett; and which – in pursuit of competition policy – permitted new low-cost airlines to "pick the eyes" out of the most profitable capital city routes…
