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Capt Claret.....no I wasnt aware that 36 had T Vasis OR PAPI....I guess I would eventually pick up the difference when on final!! But why is this so???
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Facts overrated, your facts are in fact overrated. "And Australia is the only country in the world that operates RPT passenger jets on regular services to airports that DON'T have radar or a tower control service".
RPT jet operations into uncontrolled airports are conducted in dozens of countries worldwide-think Pacific isles, Japan, Indonesia to name a few. And some of that at night! And "you will become a statistic real quick flying around Night VFR." Last time I checked no-one is operating Jet RPT ops in Australia Night VFR. Its all IFR. I do concur with you that if they were doing NVFR. then that WOULD be dangerous |
No fire rescue service at most Australian OCTA airports, as it's only required for international flights. |
Can't answer why it is so but I can visualise the problems if one was in fact on slope but thought the VASIS was a PAPI.
I can't think of any logical reason to have both visual slope guidance systems on the same runway, other than a disaster waiting to happen! |
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. Thai Airways, Tiger And Nok May Face Political Headwinds | AVIATION WEEK The fact the Shinawatra family helped found Thai AirAsia does not augur well for Thai-Tiger. |
In addition to the Tiger problems in Thailand and the Philippines the big problem is in Australia.
Since Tiger began Australian ooperations in 2007, the airline has run up losses of approx. $80M to 30 June 2011. This is of major concern to CASA and the opportunity to reverse the financial situation has been diminished due to the CASA requirement for further staff such as a Safety Manager and Maintenance Control personnel. Should and I stress should Tiger recommence operations in Australia I doubt it will be on 1 August 2011. Their passenger loadings will be pathetic without any lead time to sell seats. I suspect we may see an A320 leave the fleet very soon. |
Since Tiger began Australian ooperations in 2007, the airline has run up losses of approx. $80M to 30 June 2011. This is of major concern to CASA and the opportunity to reverse the financial situation has been diminished due to the CASA requirement for further staff such as a Safety Manager and Maintenance Control personnel. |
That might be the announcement on the 24th.Maybe AJ wants to buy tiger.Jstar asia just lost another 107M.
The carrier suffered revenue losses of nearly 100 million Australian dollars (US$107 million) in the past six months because of natural disasters and events including the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan Got to keep QF bleeding somehow. |
Tiger is surely ******, get out if you can.
These QF campfire stories circulating on this unrelated thread indicate desperate need to rationalize blame for impending pain next month. Stop whining about why and who and just do something for yourself and family. Why not update your resume or enrole at UNI if your young enough to change paths?? Or get together with your mates and strike?? Whatever you choose I don't believe your actions will change OZ aviation's future. |
TGW was started with only 4 a/c and a certain number of people. With the expansion to 10 a/c they planned to operate with that level of support. There are no mistakes here just business decision that were not allowable in AU. The operation will reopen on the 1st August with extra staff. And the expension will continue. The current safety issue is just an unnecessary diversion, you decide, put in place early April. The traveling public has provided the amazing load factors for TGW, better then planned. In the big picture the decisions were one of strategic planning. Nothing that hindsight won't fix. A solid business plan, again straight out of the cook book aka. RyianAir.
Read it. The opposition isn't crowing and TGW hasn't gone away. Infact they are moving to bigger offices from rumour. :ouch: |
The current safety issue is just an unnecessary diversion, you decide, put in place early April. |
Kidding yourself.
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They are coming back with a name change - Compass III
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tiptoeturkey. You are a goose. Not so long ago you were predicting Tiger were about to operate 200 services per week from ADL and MEL to SYD.
BTW. CASA view the current office facilities as being unsuitable for the operation so I am not surprised they may be looking for a bigger office. It must be an embarrassment for the Tiger staff (except Davis) when they have visitors let alone a delegation from CASA. |
See I cant see CASA going right you are back and flying back to normal Tiger IF they are allowed to fly I would assume will told right you can operate 3-4 aircraft do that safely for six months and then you can operate 2 more and so on, Tiger isnt going to like that and I doubt they will make money from operating that way.
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TGW was started with only 4 a/c and a certain number of people. With the expansion to 10 a/c Take a look at this article from 2007 where Davis mentions the potential for 70 aircraft to be deployed in Australia Tiger takeoff all set | The Australian It has the potential to grow its fleet to 70 aircraft capable of being deployed either in Australia or across its Asian network. traveling public has provided the amazing load factors Look at all these routes that have been scrapped recently : Adelaide - Sydney :ouch: Adeliade - Geelong (Avalon) :ouch: Adeliade - Hobart :ouch: Read more here : Tiger to review Adelaide workforce as it announces end to Sydney service | Adelaide Now It announced that in addition to several cancelled routes out of Melbourne announced in early June, the airline would suspend the Adelaide to Sydney route from early August. Amazing load factors hey ? :confused: Amazingly empty I think :eek: Infact they are moving to bigger offices from rumour |
All they'll be doing is looking for a face saving way to quietly exit the Australian market.
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Tiger will stay. It's more expensive to leave. Their planes are tied up in cross-collatoral leases with Singapore Airlines. To unwind those leases would be too costly.
Plus, the "agenda" Singapore Airlines has will fail if Tiger exits. That's why Tony is here. Demoted to the AUS operation and forced to make it work or he'll get the chop next. Watch this space - they'll be back in the air - mark my word... |
Spot on Porch Monkey. They have been bleeding money, so what better face-saver than to blame it all on CASA? In some quarters Australia has a reputation for being amongst the most bureaucratic nations on earth - probably quite justified too - so they will feel no shame in deciding it all too hard to do business down-under.
Then Tiger will deploy their aircraft to a less regulated aviation environment and offer chosen (i.e. compliant) crews local Asian salaries. |
ADL cuts were always obvious, there is no money in Adelaide. Ex Adelaide they tried Hobart, Brisbane, Goldy, Canberra, Perth, Avalon, Alice and now Sydney.
Gradual increases from 1 Aug, ADL base will be eased out, costs are too high to crew a base there that only serves one route. Even when they payout the SA goverment, they will still be better off. Good to see Tony spending some much needed $$$$ for once.... |
I see VH-VNF flew into Melbourne today around 17:40pm as TGW8003
Something happening? |
Tiger isnt going to like that and I doubt they will make money from operating that way. Pretty funny comment though because they were not making money "the other way", you know flying ten aircraft around with "amazing" load factors. So if big Tony meant amazingly good load factors but they still could not make money, then their model is flawed surely? Allowing for start up costs etc Maybe as Mr Citizen said above, big Tony meant amazingly bad load factors? What a guy... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/wi...x204-65380.jpg |
liaise for infor only
yep - we do provide our own separation (normally with altitude), but we check on descent with FRS and Company Radio to see who is likely to be around when we arrive.
I have been #5 holding overhead when runway works have meant that no taxiways or extra parking are available. Yes - expensive to hold - but we do coordinate with our Dispatchers who invariably request us to wait and not divert..fuel is cheap here ( JetA1 is 50C/ US gallon...car gas 25c/litre - V8s rule !!) |
Huuh:confused:???
"yep - we do provide our own separation (normally with altitude), but we check on descent with FRS and Company Radio to see who is likely to be around when we arrive. I have been #5 holding overhead when runway works have meant that no taxiways or extra parking are available. Yes - expensive to hold - but we do coordinate with our Dispatchers who invariably request us to wait and not divert..fuel is cheap here ( JetA1 is 50C/ US gallon...car gas 25c/litre - V8s rule !!) " |
Tankengine
the above was a belated reply to post #1214 Checkboards comments :)
I've been away from the laptop for a day or so - great diving here too |
Just checked a bus from MEL-CNS return $900 and 56 hours each way. Why the F&*# are we still trying to sell air tickets for $195 return?
Something is seriously wrong with this entire industry. Bring back part fare regulation and end this ridiculous discounting, it is unsustainable. All the dramas at QF wouldnt be happening if the Govt kept control of this industry. Try setting up a 100% Aussie airline in SIN - NOT going to happen |
Why the F&*# are we still trying to sell air tickets for $195 return? It's a little like asking the big two supermarkets why they use loss leaders, eg milk for $1 a litre. You have to look at the big picture. Bring back part fare regulation and end this ridiculous discounting, it is unsustainable. As to being unsustainable, you may be right, this is all about finding that point. Tiger have just shown us how far is too far. What worries me is they could not make money with "amazing" load factors. So their model is wrong even with DOCs cut to the bone. |
1a
All the dramas at QF wouldnt be happening if the Govt kept control of this industry Those parliamentarians have just got to be the best people to decide on operational and commercial matters. Bring back part fare regulation and end this ridiculous discounting, it is unsustainable Right on: $900 for the bus and 56 hours gotta be reasonable to pay at least what $1500 for a 3 1/2 hour flight. Hell if there is only QANTAS charge what you like!! Hell lets go the whole hog only: one car manufacturer, the Trabant brand is still available I believe. One brand of electronics goods, one type of washing powder, one type of beer! etc etc. Hells bells, its obvious now; competition never did the consumer any good! History proves without a doubt, monopolies provide the best service and government run monpolies are historically just awesome! Well regulated competition, that just sucks!! Comrade Cleve Saville, QANTASFLOT 'We never forget you have no choice!' |
I said bring back fare regulation, I didnt mean regulation of the entire industry.
Just some sensible minimum benchmarks.... ie. SYD-MEL $99 SYD-BNE $99 SYD-CNS $199 SYD-PER $249 CPI adjusted each year. Its the likes of JQ/TT fares that are putting pressures on crew pay |
You need to check out the economic of price discrimination Airlines would be worse of with this form of policy. The sale of the cheaper seats can actually be their profit which they would miss out on if they did not do this.
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All 10 Aircraft have now repositioned back to Tulla now, final one was VNC today AVV-MEL.
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....final one was VNC today AVV-MEL.
A Visual Navigation Chart to position the last 320 from
Avalon to Tulla? I guess you mob can't be trusted to fly IFR anymore! http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0157.gif |
1a sound asleep.
The Green's would be proud of you. If fares increase pilot etc jobs will vanish. The growth since deregulation has been fuelled by cheap(er) fares. BTW. The Green's policy apart from closing SYD is for everyone to travel by electric (wind power) train. |
Heard from a Tiger hostess today about the possibility of a name change, not sure if she was meant to let that slip though.
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Heard from a Tiger hostess today about the possibility of a name change or was it that Tiger is now Cub Air - (Cashed Up Bogan Air)? Or with CM now appointed perhaps its now FIGJAM airlines, or just arrogant lunatic airlines? on a serious note. To the Tiger employees, I wish you all the best of luck. It was not your fault (or should I say it was not the majority) that the airline has been run in such an unsatisfactory fashion. I hope it works out for you all. regit |
No decision made about change in Tiger Airways shareholding: SIA By Timothy Ouyang and Azhar Khalid | Posted: 20 July 2011 1938 hrs Photos 1 of 1 7Share SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) said no decision has been made about a change in its shareholding in budget carrier Tiger Airways. SIA was responding to queries by Channel NewsAsia, amid market speculation that SIA might raise its stake in Tiger. In Wednesday's trade, shares of Tiger Airways rose 13.5 per cent to close at S$1.135, with some 53.5 million shares changing hands. That prompted the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to ask the carrier to explain the sharp rise in its share price and the surge in trading activity on Wednesday. In response, Tiger said that as part of its "ongoing efforts to strengthen its financial performance and strategic position, and provide financial flexibility for its operations, it continually reviews various proposals of a business, financing or other nature". It added that it is also approached by various parties to discuss business opportunities but "there is no assurance that any definitive or binding agreement will result from these discussions". Tiger said that "it has not made a decision whether or not to pursue any of these initiatives" and is not aware of any particular reason for the trading activity. As of 30 June 2011, SIA owns a 32.9 per cent stake in Tiger. The budget carrier is currently suspended from operating domestic flights in Australia due to safety concerns. Interesting to see if SIA will increase their shareholding in Tiger to more than 51%. Temasek has 8%, so SQ just needs to buy out Temasek and another 10% to reach that threshold. |
I wonder if Tiger might really be the vehicle for SQ's low cost expansion ?
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According to some people in the know, the reason Tiger Airways' SIN operations have not had any systemic failures is because they completely latch onto SQ's safety management system, training, maintenance etc.
It would appear that the problem with TR Australia was that they did not have specfic safety management committees and oversight on training etc which was based in Australia . The Tiger Airways Prospectus from 2009 does speak volumes. You can download it here SGX - Singapore Exchange Ltd One can see that Tiger just about used SIA's safety and maintenance systems out of Singapore, had access to their simulators, and so on. I don't think they had a similar level of training support in Australia. Also, there was a safety advisory committee for Tiger Singapore, but not for Tiger Australia. As such at least on paper, it could not be said that Tiger Singapore suffers from systemic training and maintenance deficiencies, because it's all latching on SIA's existing systems anyway. Material Transactions with the SIA Group Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines, to the best of our knowledge, is the only owner and operator of flight crew training facilities and a crisis management centre in Singapore that meet our requirements. We have entered into flight crew training facilities agreements with Singapore Airlines since 2004 whereby Singapore Airlines agrees to provide training facilities for our technical crew, cabin crew and other personnel in order to operate our business. In addition, we have also entered into an agreement with Singapore Airlines on 8 September 2008 for the use of SingaporeAirlines’ Crisis Management Centre (the “CMCAgreement”) to ensure availability of a working space for Tiger Airways’ management in the event of any crisis or disaster arising in the course of operating our business. We also entered into an agreement with Singapore Airlines on 7 September 2004 for the procurement of jet fuel required for our operations by Singapore Airlines (the “Fuel Procurement Agreement”), of which we are required to pay Singapore Airlines an annual fee for its procurement services. The Fuel Procurement Agreement was terminated on 13 March 2008. The terms of the training facilities agreements, the CMC Agreement, the Fuel Procurement Agreement and any charges payable by us to Singapore Airlines pursuant to such agreements were negotiated on an arm’s length basis. The training facilities agreements and the CMC Agreement with Singapore Airlines are likely to be recurrent interested person transactions. We intend to continue to enter into such or similar transactions with Singapore Airlines under our Shareholders’ Mandate (as defined herein) following our listing on the SGX-ST. The continuance or renewal of these arrangements will be subject to the review procedures under our Shareholders’ Mandate. The aggregate values of our expenses in all our transactions with Singapore Airlines pursuant to the training facilities agreements, the CMC Agreement and the Fuel Procurement Agreement for the past three fiscal years and from 1 April 2009 up to the Latest Practicable Date are set out in the summary table above. Tiger Airways Singapore has a board advisory safety committee that comprises three members and is chaired by Mr. Koh Swee Lim, our Director and senior vice president (commercial) of SIAEC. Mr. Chow Kok Wah, divisional vice president (engineering operations) of Singapore Airlines, chairs the board advisory safety committee of Tiger Airways Australia which comprises three members. Our President and Chief Executive Officer, Tony Davis, sits on both board advisory safety committees. |
DrPepz
Fair points - but the biggest problem was that ANY ANY ANY cost was screwed down from day 1 (and that has to be TD's claim to fame) to the point of stupidity. Want to work the crew hard and have 30min turnarounds?? Fine - but get to work at 0530 and can't download your self briefing material because the "management" don't see the benefit/need to buy toner cartridges. Dumb and cheap and ... dumb. Sing management advise Oz of new aircraft for expansion...to be operational in 6 weeks. Surprised when advised can't get the extra crews organised in that time - and happened again...and again...and...etc. Dumb and cheap and ... dumb. Also nice the imported CEO who could not grasp the concept that all office holders had to be approved by CASA - and who refused to have a Deputy CP processed and approved. The reality - if the CP has a heart attack, gets run over by the proverbial "bus", whatever...Tiger get closed down EOFS! Dumb and cheap and ... dumb. TD has much to correct - but also much to accept responsibility for. Chances????????????????????????????? |
So I presume Tiger has 10 planes grounded still?
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