TIGER Airways could be grounded beyond August 1, if it fails to meet all safety requirements, CASA has warned.
Any further delays to return to the skies will cause more frustration to passengers who had booked flights, causing the cancellation of 60 flights - affecting about 9000 passengers - every day.
The airline failed to act on warnings given by the aviation safety regulator over a frustrating three month period, it has been revealed.
John McCormick, director of Aviation Safety at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, has today described the drawn-out process that eventually lead to the suspension of Tiger Airways.
He said CASA would complete its investigation by or before August 1, 2011, but warned the airline would not automatically return to the skies.