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Ansair was an Australian bus bodybuilder owned by Ansett Transport Industries and later the Clifford Corporation. ==History== Ansair was founded by Reg Ansett in the 1945 in Tullamarine to body buses for his Ansett Pioneer coach operation as well as maunfacture aircraft components for Ansett Airways.〔"New Owners for Ansair" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' October 1995 issue 11/3 page 20〕 It also bodied buses for other operators. In 1987 a plant opened in Kingston, Tasmania body Scanias for Metro Tasmania and in January 1993 a plant opened in Tamworth, New South Wales to body Scanias for Sydney Buses.〔"Airline Quits as Buses Move In" ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 18 September 1991〕〔"Bodybuilders" ''Fleetline'' July 1994 page 128〕 In August 1995 Ansett Transport Industries sold Ansair to the Clifford Corporation.〔"Bodybuilders" ''Fleetline'' September 1995 page 159〕 In September 1995 the Kingston plant closed followed in 1997 by Tullamarine.〔"Bodybuilders" ''Fleetline'' January 1996 page 20〕〔"New Buses" ''Fleetline'' November 1997 page 203〕 Ansair ceased trading in November 1998 when Clifford Corporation collapsed.〔"The Austral Pacific Collapse" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' April 1999 issue 14/5 page 17〕 The Tamworth plant was reopened by Jakab Industries to complete an order of Volvo B10BLEs for Sydney Buses under the Phoenix Bus brand.〔"Austral Pacific Group" ''Fleetline'' May 1999 page 76〕〔"The Austral Pacific Collapse" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 14/5 page 17〕〔(State Transit Authority - Sydney Buses & Newcastle Buses - Volvo B10BLE/Phoenix Orana ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ansair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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