MIAMI – Today in Aviation, Ansett Australia (AN), a major Australian airline group, ceased operations in 2002 after 65 years of service. Ansett Australia, headquartered in Melbourne, was a major Australian airline group. The airline operated throughout Australia and, beginning in the 1990s, to Asian destinations. Following a financial crisis in 2001, the airline was put into administration and then consolidated liquidation in 2002, according to a deed of company agreement. The last flight landed on March 5, 2002. Two Ansett Lockheed Model 10 Electra aircraft at Mildura in 1938. Photo: Museum Victoria Collections: http://mview.museum.vic.gov.au/paimages/mm/005/005092.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92401031