Tiger Thailand Deal Blocked
To add to Tigers problems,
New blow for Tiger as Thailand blocks budget airline
TIGER AIRWAYS, still smarting from the grounding of its entire fleet in Australia, has been dealt another blow after the Thai government blocked its plans for a budget airline in Thailand.
A week after the Thai opposition party was voted into power, Thailand's Transport Ministry has said it will not approve Tiger's plans to form a new airline with Thai Airways, called Thai Tiger, because details of the operation were unclear.
The decision to block the deal is a further blow to Tiger's chief executive, Tony Davis, who has been sent to Australia to resolve safety concerns, which led to the airline's forced grounding here two weeks ago.
Another blow for TD.