Another budget airline to be born in Singapore

[Dihokeo]

Over the last few months, there are a couple of budget airlines setting up in Singapore. News about the new 'Jetstar Asia', a join venture between Quantas and Temasek holdings(Singapore), just flooded the local newspaper surprising many aviation enthusiast. This is the 3rd budget airline to be announced to soar the skies of this small island.
I wonder if anybody is aware of this news? Is this company going to have their aircrafts registered in Singapore or Australia? And the pilots? Where will they be from?

Rgds

[MondayGrouch]

The Qantas/Temesak/investor airline will be Singapore based, with Singapore registered aircraft. Pilots will be recruited from throughout the region -- which includes Australian pilots.

[Chambudzi]

If all present and overly exuberant plans go ahead there should be about four low cost airlines operating out of Singapore a year from now. Plus there will be Silk Air and competitave visits from other LCAs based in the likes of Bangkok, Jakarta and KL. Any pilot wishing to work for these organisations should realise that their job security will be close to zero. In the past 7 years we have had a couple of major financial downturns, SARS, a bird flu threat that hasnt run its course, an unpredictable cost of fuel and a rising terrorist problem that isnt going away soon. With that amount of LCAs, I predict that they will be forced to operate in a permanent climate of price war which will allow them to profit only when all is well. When we are again hit by just one of the above problems, AND WE WILL BE, the LCAs will no doubt be rapidly savaged into bankruptcy with the subsequent loss of jobs. Singapore and its surrounds cannot possibly sustain that amount of LCAs and just as has happened in the higher population areas of Europe and the USA, only very few of these airlines will continue to exist in Asia within a short amount of time. Thereafter the few survivors will constantly be threatened by these problems, seasonal ups and downs and wannabe new 'startups' whilst they operate close to the bread line.
By the time it all settles down and the lending banks have learnt their lessons, much money and many jobs are going to have gone the hard way, so be warned.

[sia sniffer]

Well well, nothing changes in Singapore. When there is about to be genuine competition for SIA, the government just squashes it, but in a not so obvious way.

Tiger Airways... Singapore government
Value Air ..... Former SIA chief
Jet star ......Singapore Government(+an airline SIA tried to buy)

So at a small cost of a few 2 yr wet leases these combined low cost startups will simply run air Asia into the ground. SIA will lick its lips, cut wages and up ticket prices. LKY will say the low cost model simply didn’t work for Singapore and that will be that. As for none government monopolized airlines being able to operate out of Singapore, forget it.

When will LKY check into his swiss clinic ,financed by the Singapoor taxpayer, for the lvery ast time? Not too soon I hope 'cos he's giving me a bloody good laugh at the way he's destroying SIA. Gud on ya yerr old buggger!!

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Futurama

Since SIlkair guys got better $$$ recently

It will lead to Silkair being too pricey and
eventually shutdown.

Timeline should be 1 year max, silkair will be sacrificed to support TIGER.

Co, dosen't care who stays or leave.

TIGER must survive regardless.

Sorry for the bad news....

Manado