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Business-class startup offers Sydney-Melbourne flights.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 23-JAN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Australian all-business-class startup airline OzJet debuted on Nov. 29, 2005, amid controversy that its debut during Australia's slowest business travel season would be a debacle.

Chairman Paul Stoddart insists the launch date was a calculated risk that allowed time for the company's kinks to be worked out and the airline to be 100 percent ready when the travel season is in full swing again.

"We launched in two of the quietest months in Australia and received a lot of criticism for this," said Stoddart, "but we knew it was the right decision. We worked out our...

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