Tigerair Bali flights grounded
If you read that article again you would notice that James Hogan already has another job. He is going to much higher levels of executive management rather than taking a step backwards to run a small Australian airline.
No flights to Bali AGAIN.
You could not make this stuff up...
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/34330137...i-again/#page1
Tiger cancels flights to Bali again
Perhaps it is time for the trade regulator to look into whether the airline is breaching trade laws by selling a service that is not available.
You could not make this stuff up...
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/34330137...i-again/#page1
Tiger cancels flights to Bali again
Perhaps it is time for the trade regulator to look into whether the airline is breaching trade laws by selling a service that is not available.
Last edited by Icarus2001; 3rd Feb 2017 at 00:37.
short flights long nights
Breaking news here on the radio...Tiger is pulling out of Bali permanently.
Icarus,
Every airline sells tickets to destinations they're not approved to fly to. Ever noticed the small print when a new destination is announced? "Subject to regulatory approval"?
No different at all.
morno
Every airline sells tickets to destinations they're not approved to fly to. Ever noticed the small print when a new destination is announced? "Subject to regulatory approval"?
No different at all.
morno
No different at all.
When I was Chief Pilot of a charter operation I asked the FOI from CASA if I could advertise a particular service before the approval (for this particular operation) was received from head office. He said no. When I used your "subject to regulatory approval" line as seen occasionally. He said no that was not legal either but they did not have the time (or inclination) to fight the big operations but if I tried it we would be in a world of pain.
Secondly, when setting up a new operation maybe this is valid, from a CASA point of view. In this case the company has been caught out not complying (apparently).
Forget CASA compliance, I am talking about CONSUMER protection, Fair Trading ACCC etc. Selling tickets for a service where no reasonable expection could be made of the service being provided.
In my humble opinion there is a case to be made.
I think you're clutching at straws there Icarus.
And Tiger sold tickets on the basis that they were going to have the necessary approvals by recommencement date. So you'd be hard pushed to try and say they were selling tickets knowing that there was no chance they were going to be able to operate the service.
I feel sorry for all the people who have worked their asses off trying to get this thing up and running in such a short period of time. With nothing said by casa on the Australian end, you can only assume that there was no problem as far as they were concerned, just the Indonesians playing games.
morno
And Tiger sold tickets on the basis that they were going to have the necessary approvals by recommencement date. So you'd be hard pushed to try and say they were selling tickets knowing that there was no chance they were going to be able to operate the service.
I feel sorry for all the people who have worked their asses off trying to get this thing up and running in such a short period of time. With nothing said by casa on the Australian end, you can only assume that there was no problem as far as they were concerned, just the Indonesians playing games.
morno
you can only assume that there was no problem as far as they were concerned, just the Indonesians playing games.
Why do you assume it is the Indonesians "playing games", do you have information or just your cultural bias against "foreigners"?
Is it possible Tiger were "playing games"?
Tiger have not been selling tickets since the initial grounding last month
They were removed from sale immediately
They were removed from sale immediately
You can't tell me the Indonesians weren't aware of what was happening.
And no cultural bias at all. It could be the Kiwis doing this and I'd still refer to it in the same way.
Why was what Tiger were doing considered acceptable until recently
I know that blaming DGCA is very easy.