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Old 18th Jun 2011, 08:54
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VNB went MEL-DRW-SIN at the start of the month.

Lets hope it doesn't return!
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Old 19th Jun 2011, 11:02
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Crawford what are you doing...
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Old 19th Jun 2011, 13:46
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Tiger Airways Australia appoints Crawford Rix as next CEO | The Australian

Sounds like.....
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Old 19th Jun 2011, 14:17
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From what I hear Tiger in Australia is bleeding money at the moment. 80% load factors at rock bottom fares just does not ad up
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Old 20th Jun 2011, 01:45
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quote: Crawford what are you doing...Sunstar320

From artical TheAustralian



Bmibaby, also the former hunting ground of Mr Davis, is a subsidiary of loss-making British carrier bmi and flies to European destinations from several regional UK airports.

Germany's Lufthansa took control of bmi last year and attempted to sell the carrier but withdrew it from the market when it was unable to achieve an acceptable price.
There has been speculation in the UK media, that Lufthansa would sell or close bmibaby, which announced in November it would cut its fleet from 17 to 12 planes and cut jobs to concentrate on routes where there were clear prospects of growth.
Tiger's statement said that Ms Roberts would take a "well-earned break" after completing her hand-over to Mr Rix.
"Shelley has established Tiger Airways Australia as major national airline and led it from infancy to profitability," Mr Davis said.
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Old 21st Jun 2011, 02:20
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TIGER AIRWAYS told me the incident at the airport between staff and journos and Fed Cops was of no great consequence #fight
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Old 24th Jun 2011, 10:10
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Those in the know will know about this worrying rumour that has just arisen.

Looking for some confirmation that its not true...
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Old 24th Jun 2011, 10:42
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Care to elaborate, wheels down?
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Old 24th Jun 2011, 22:00
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I read somewhere that Tiger only makes money over the Dec/Jan period in Australia, and with such a small fleet, is there enough critical mass for this operation to be sustainable beyond the short term ?

No idea what the so called "rumour" is about, but on going issues with the regulator can't help.
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Old 25th Jun 2011, 09:17
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I wouldn't read into it too much, but expansion plans are debatable with the current management team.

They have put a managing director in charge who never previously had even been to this great country, so his understandings of the market were always slim, but hey, he was Tony's friend after all!

The British Management team are not even worth the rant.
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Tiger Airways busts safe minimum altitude again @ Melbourne | Plane Talking
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Old 1st Jul 2011, 08:45
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I just watched a news item on channel 10 news stating that Tiger will be pulling out from the ADL-SYD run from August 1, 2011. It said that it expects staff losses from ADL, and possibly out of the Aussie market completely by middle of next year!! Doesn't sound promising? I would imagine that the base will in the short term, will reduce to a single aircraft.
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Old 1st Jul 2011, 09:35
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Just read this. Are they gone?

Tiger Airways Australia pilots being compulsorily retrained | Plane Talking
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Old 1st Jul 2011, 09:57
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This outrageous. Should have been grounded until its all sorted out. Where's the press when you need them "part owned by SINGAPORE AIRLINES" blah "horror tiger almost crashed"
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Hellllooooo??? Singapore....Virgin.... Friends now...... Tiger who???

Bbbbzzbzbz z z z z z
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Old 1st Jul 2011, 13:59
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Just heard that all current tiger flights have been told to return to mel.
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Old 1st Jul 2011, 14:03
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WTF Tiger?

Heard on late news that Tiger to cancel all Adelaide to Sydney flights!
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Seems to me that they run the risk of brand damage beyond repair. Perhaps SIA will buy out the Australian operation and rename it Silk??? Would feed into the new SIA LCC next year.
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Old 1st Jul 2011, 18:52
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From the article -

......It is true that the straight in approach with the tail wind component
could have been an attempt to save fuel, but that would be inconsistent
with Tiger’s insistence that safety is its number one priority.


And that, I feel, is where the problem lies - its Safety department probably
says one thing, and its beancounters (or worse) probably says another.

IMHFO nasty low cost crummy outfits like this one are the bane of this
industry worldwide.
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Grounded for a week.

From the Tiger Airways website.

As of 11:00 pm on Friday, 1 July 2011, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA) has instructed Tiger Airways Australia to suspend domestic services until Saturday, 9 July 2011, whilst they conduct further investigations into two recent operational incidents.
Tiger Airways' services to and from Singapore are not affected and continue to operate normally.
Tiger Airways continues to cooperate fully with the industry regulator and safety underpins our operations at all times.
The airline is currently working with the safety regulator to achieve a satisfactory outcome to its investigation at the earliest opportunity, as was achieved with the recent Show Cause Notice. Tiger Airways has fully complied with the conditions required by CASA as a result of this process.
In the meantime the airline is doing all it can to minimise passenger disruption, especially for passengers who are travelling this weekend and over the next week.
Customers with bookings within Australia between now and 6:00 am on Saturday, 9 July should not travel to the airport. They will be offered a full refund or credit for deferred travel.
Tiger Airways will be providing regular updates via its website (Welcome To Tiger Airways) as well as through the media. The next update will be at 3:00 pm AEST Saturday, 2 July 2011.
The airline apologises for any inconvenience to its passengers. Tiger Airways is committed to resolving the issue, assisting CASA and to resuming services as soon as possible.


Please note: Tiger Airways' call centre is experiencing a high volume of calls at this time but the airline has added extra agents to help field the volume of calls.
Passengers are advised to monitor the website as it will be updated regularly throughout the week with further updates.
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