All Tiger Air Domestic Oz Flights Suspended

by **bubbles** » July 2, 2011, 10:08 am

All tiger domestic flights have been cancelled through out Australia for a week due to safety concerns by CASA, the governing body of flights in australia, Tiger international flights are still operating at the moment??
Regards Bubs

by **Aardvark** » July 2, 2011, 10:44 am

"Two occasions when Pilots were too low when approaching to Land " ........http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/ne ... cancelled/

by **wazza** » July 2, 2011, 2:53 pm

Tiger is the no frills division of Singapore Airlines/

They wont like the adverse publicity ! for sure, expect heads to roll,

by **BenZona** » July 2, 2011, 3:16 pm

wazza wrote:Tiger is the no frills division of Singapore Airlines/

They wont like the adverse publicity ! for sure, expect heads to roll,

Whatever goes around comes around, Dreadful service, rude staff, ignorant call centre. They deserve to be shut down just for the rudeness of that young supervisor on the TV show
good riddance to Tiger

by **jackspratt** » July 2, 2011, 3:22 pm

Not quite wazz.

Tiger Australia is wholly owned by Tiger Holdings Singapore, which is 33% owned by Singapore Airlines.

by **Aardvark** » July 3, 2011, 10:38 am

I wonder if Qantas is involved in some way trying to get rid of the Competition....... http://www.perthnow.com.au/travel/news/ ... 6086508260

by **wazza** » July 3, 2011, 10:48 am

They did do a number on Ansett ???

Im wondering if the Ansett levy still embedded in the taxes etc, will be used to bail out people who foolishly dont take out insurence on cheap no frill operations

by **JimboPSM** » July 3, 2011, 12:37 pm

Media reporting of the actual details of the series of events that occurred that culminated in the grounding of Tiger Airways are rather thin.

A quick trawl of the news show that in June:

http://ems01.bksv.com/webtrak/mel3

The two incidents on the 30th June appear to have been the final straw for the authorities, with the history of "warning events" it is easy to imagine all the career ending legal actions that would have occurred if a fatal incident were to have happened without strong action having been taken.

by **wazza** » July 3, 2011, 1:43 pm

Class action for sure. Lawyers hovering already. Clayton utz etc....

by **JimboPSM** » August 11, 2011, 12:03 am

Update from BBC News: Tiger Airways ban lifted by Australia

Aviation authorities in Australia have lifted a five-week ban on Tiger Airways, but with some safety conditions.

The budget airline will be allowed to fly only 18 flights a day, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) said.

The regulator grounded all 10 of Tiger's aircraft in Australia on 2 July after concerns were raised over pilot training and maintenance.

CASA said Tiger had shown it could meet necessary safety requirements.

"Tiger Airways has co-operated with our investigation and supplied all the relevant and required documentation and information," said CASA director of aviation safety John McCormick at a news conference.

"This was not an easy time for Tiger Airways, yet they did take a constructive approach," he added.

New regulations imposed on Tiger Airways by CASA include pilot training and proficiency, a revamp of pilot rostering and fatigue management, and revised operation manuals.

The grounding, the first time an airline's entire fleet has been grounded in Australia, came after some aircraft approached runways too low.

CASA had said that the serious safety issues posed an imminent risk to air safety.

Original article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14471485

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