Talk:Trans Australia Airlines

Please add ICAO Code TAA and
Please add ICAO Code 'TAA' and Callsign 'Transair' to main TAA article. Source:

http://www.aerosite.net/content/view/1553/54/

Thanks - Ping —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.8.224.4 (talk) 05:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Qantas \ Ansett \ Australia Airlines during the 1970's \ 80's
Could someone in the know explain a bit of the difference between Qantas and TAA during the heyday of the 70s and 80s. All I can glean is that a) Ansett, Qantas and TAA were all separate b) Qantas was somehow only international (and perhaps regional? ie not interstate) and TAA was the Commonwealth owned domestic network airline and Ansett privately owned. c) Qantas and TAA were merged by the Keating government ready for sale. It'd be useful to have this bit of context spelled out in its own section for we who were born well after all this had happened :p   - Philbert83au

In short they where three different airlines, Qantas only flew international routes (not even regional routes), the domestic market was divided up between Ansett and TAA (Australian Airlines).

Also could someone revise the date which Australian Airlines ceased flying? Because they where purchased before dec 94, I know this for a fact as I flew a Qantas (hte purchasing airline) domestically from Canberra in Dec 94. 59.167.251.161 (talk) 02:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The exact date was 31 October 1993. I have every issue of Qantas and Australian Airlines timetables during the changeover period and from 31 October 1993 all the previous Australian Airlines flights with TN flight number were changed over to QF numbers from 400 upwards.  --JNZ (talk) 03:34, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Some Humbug to Clean Up
The article has a bit of POV and some humbug. Basically, Grey went into Compass without a business plan nor any secured space at airports. A/c lease companies took the machines back with court orders. The "Celestial Twins" did not have the influence to stop Compass. All airlines wanted to buy the L188, replacing the entire Viscount fleet. The Comm. Govt. only allowed 12 machines to be imported. Four were owned by Qantas when the L188 was grounded. They were replaced by LEAP in 1959. Viscounts were too small, had too short a range (without slippers), and pilots hated flying them. Reg Ansett wanted to buy the B727, and he got his way in 1960. The Comm Govt. was going to make them buy HS Tridents -- they did not become operational until 1969! I've heard the Caravelle story before, but I believe its just a rumor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.246.128 (talk) 03:51, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The TAA Museum says that TAA placed orders for three Caravelles.Lexysexy (talk) 08:49, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

The name was "Trans-Australia Airlines". Note the hyphen.
 * Well, amend it!Lexysexy (talk) 08:49, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Some quick research shows TAA management requested permission to import two Caravelles, and a number of Canadian CF102 airliners, circa 1958. Permission was immediately denied by cabinet. This was probably a political manouver rather than a genuine desire for such aircraft.220.244.72.136 (talk) 08:52, 22 February 2013 (UTC)


 * " .... and pilots hated flying them." - perhaps the Viscount was a little too-advanced for these pilots then, few other pilots on the Viscount had anything other than good words to say about the aircraft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.30.162.158 (talk) 10:22, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Essay-like?
This article's been tagged "essay-like" for a year and bit, but I don't really see why, so I'm removing the tag. Please raise any specific problems here. Jpatokal (talk) 13:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The history section definitely reads like a personal essay, and not really encyclopedic. It needs to be rewritten.  &mdash;Comp dude 123 16:19, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's a bit chatty and definitely needs more references, but it needs cleanup, not a total rewrite. Encyclopedias are supposed to be readable introductions to topics, not dry recitations of facts. Jpatokal (talk) 23:26, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

2018 and it still reads like an essay. The language is too emotive to be an encyclopaedia entry (118.210.130.110 (talk) 02:37, 27 April 2018 (UTC))