On 2 July, Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) grounded Tiger Airways due to safety concerns. At first, this seems like a minor hiccup as Tiger Airways was confident that the suspension would be a short one. However the CASA has now extended the grounding of Tiger Airways flights till 1 August and the grounding has become a major problem for Tiger Airways.
It has also become a PR problem for Singapore Airlines (SIA), the main backer of Tiger Airways. SIA is the pride of Singapore due to its position as the top airline in the world and yet Tiger was grounded due to "safety"?
The CASA first stepped in after Tiger flights flew too low on an approach to Avalon airport near Melbourne last week and they say this was not the first time it happened. The question I have is, “What actions were taken the other times it happened?” and "Did SIA even know about the problems at Tiger Airways?"
Thus far, there has been very very little info about what kind of concerns the CASA has about Tiger Airways. If the Avalon incident was not the first time it happened, as the CASA says, what other red flags were raised before and did Tiger or SIA do anything about them?
Like I said earlier, Singapore Airlines is the pride of Singapore and our country is linked to the airline. Now I’m not trying to defend Tiger Airways because Tiger Airways has not appeal against the grounding and the chief executive of its Australia operations, Crawford Rix, had “resigned” for his post due to this incident. So there must be a fire under all these smoke and as a Singaporean, I would like to know just how big the fire is?
3 comments:
This is what the Singapore government tries so hard to please, and they choose an Australian to run the company instead of local Singaporean.
What a waste of monies, similar to the ABC Childcare. How did they manage to make "profits". What does the monies comes from.
Tiger Airways do not belong to Singapore Airlines. In a way, you can look upon Tiger Airways like Comfort Delgro, a separate corporate entity away from SMRT or SBS Transit.
SIA owns 30+% of Tiger Holdings, ie they believe in the growth of budget carriers in this region and put their money where the horses are.
As for the grounding, the decision might be more political than aviation related. Neverthless I am not too informed about this so I should not comment too much.
Sorry but saying Tiger Airways do not belong to Singapore Airlines is like saying DBS do not belong to the Singapore Government. Technically it’s true but you have to be a fool to believe it. Hell, the only reason people think Tiger still has a chance to come back from this is because of SIA backing.
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