Tiger Air Faces ‘Monstrous’ Battle as Australia Flights Resume


Bloomberg, 11 Aug 2011
Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd. (TGR), the budget carrier part-owned by Singapore Airlines Ltd., resumes Australia flights today, about six weeks after being grounded by regulators because of safety violations.
The airline initially will fly only on the Melbourne-Sydney route, Australia’s busiest, and it has curtailed services to 18 flights a day nationwide for the rest of the month. The carrier also is improving pilot training, crew scheduling and fatigue management, as well as hiring more qualified personnel. Full story