Sorry Don, not even in the same ball park. Qangos is a catchall phrase for Quasi Autonomous Non Government Organisations. In other words, statutory authorities like the New York Port Authority which runs the airports up there. A lot of airports are run by bodies like this in some parts of the world. Grant SYD QF At 10:12 AM 20/05/03 -0700, you wrote: >On 20 May 2003 at 22:43, Grant McKenzie wrote: > > > Actually gates and airports are costs outside the control of an > > airline because they usually are owned by other companies or Qangos. > >Qangos??? > >Since there is no "u", I'll assume it is some subsidiary of QANTAS. > >Qantas >Airlines >National >Gate >Operating >Service > >Did I come close?? > >Don