Bangkok Post : Thai Tiger stuck in holding pattern
Also late getting off the ground in Thailand......
Transport Ministry permanent secretary Supoj Suplom told reporters on Tuesday that he referred the plan to set up Thai Tiger Airways (TTA) back to the national carrier because of its vagueness.
The word is, many Thais in high places don't want the tie up with Tiger to happen as it doesn't make sense, and after the uproar when the ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin sold his communications company to the Singapore government. Once bitten, twice shy possibly........
Bangkok Post : Tiger's back-door entry attempts
In early 2007, Tiger Airways sought a shortcut into the protected market essentially by exploiting the air traffic rights granted to the family-owned Thai budget airline.