Commercial air travel can be tedious. The Moneypenny family travelled to Australia over the Christmas holidays, courtesy of an airline with a kangaroo on its tail. Mr M went first, accompanied by the three cost centres, reflecting the facts that (a) he can take more holiday than me and (b) it is his country, so he wants to spend longer there. From one perspective, Australia is the most fabulous holiday destination on earth. From another, it is a woefully underpopulated country where it is almost impossible to make any serious money. A group of people hoping that the former view will help them to disprove the latter is the team taking the kangaroo airline private in an A$12bn deal. That sounds big until you convert it to UK£.