Qantas Welcomes A320 Wet Lease Decision

Qantas Airways Limited has welcomed this afternoon's announcement by the Administrator of Ansett that it had decided to accept the Qantas proposal to lease 10 A320 aircraft with crew.

Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Dixon, noted the Administrator had said there were still a number of issues to be resolved. These include indemnities and safety audits.

"We hope the Administrator moves as quickly as possible,� he said. "We would like to finalise our proposal to cater for the coming holiday traffic.

"The 10 A320 aircraft and crew will be integrated into the Qantas schedule so that we can carry as many affected passengers as efficiently as possible," he said.

Mr Dixon said that Qantas was also moving to schedule aircraft from its international operations to its domestic operations.