Cockpit resource management failures kill people when they go wrong. They are a major cause of air disasters.
Tiger Airways
Qantas v Virgin: prepare to be bribed with bonuses
Qantas now has a real threat to deal with — Virgin Australia, with its bigger, cheaper business-class seats, real meals in economy class, lounges with food and seats for everyone. With lower fares.
Questionable claims from Tiger Airways
Tiger Airways Australia has corrected claims it has made about the fares charged by its competitors while it was grounded as unsafe by CASA. The company has committed some very question acts, writes Ben Sandilands.
Bid to hush-up report on serious near miss between jets
There is a clear inference of conspiracy between the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the federal government to hush-up a serious near miss between airliners in Australian airspace.
Will Singapore Airlines cut its losses by teaming with Virgin?
The disastrous commercial consequences of the July grounding for Singapore Airlines’ 32.9% stake in Tiger Australia has added strength to the speculation of a tie-up with Virgin Australia.
aviation industry Tiger starts with limited Melbourne-Sydney flights
Shamed and shackled, Tiger will start with limited Melbourne-Sydney flights on Friday with three flights offering one way fares at $119.95, $59.95 and $139.95, reports Ben Sandilands.
Tiger drops a bundle of Australian cities
Tiger Airways has removed Alice Springs, Darwin, Canberra, Cairns, Hobart, Mackay, Melbourne (Avalon), Rockhampton and Sunshine Coast from the drop down booking menus on its site, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tiger botches homework, will be grounded longer
It seems incredible, but Tiger Airways just can’t get it right. CASA issued the latest update last night, noting that there were deficiencies in the documentation Tiger submitted, reports Ben Sandilands.
Tiger confronted with set of CASA demands
CASA has confirmed that it has finalised a set of conditions that it will impose on Tiger Airways’ Australian domestic subsidiary if the Singapore owned carrier is allowed to resume flights, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tiger will change its stripes
Tiger Airways will have a new Australian CEO within about a month, and possibly a new name to go with it, reports Ben Sandilands.
Tiger expects to resume flights ‘soon’
CASA has served Tiger Airways Australia with a list of conditions it must comply with in order to resume its domestic flights, and the airline says it expects to return to the skies soon, reports Ben Sandilands.
Is Tiger’s best option to pack up shop?
The least painful way for Tiger’s owners to solve their Australian problems may be to sell the airline rather than tickets, writes Ben Sandilands.
What was Tiger’s original purpose, and what happens now?
Questions now need to be asked as to how Tiger can be both a low fare leader and a business that doesn’t go broke, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tiger facing a slow death … or a mercy killing
Tiger Airways has now been cornered, not just by CASA but its major investor Singapore Airlines.
Tiger Airways deemed too dangerous to fly for at least another month
While CASA’s application to extend its grounding of Tiger Airways to at least August 1 means it regards the airline as a continuing unacceptable risk to public safety, will its owners find continuing with the venture an unacceptable cost?
aviation industry Tiger suspends ticket sales
Tiger Airways has suspended ticket sales which it was illegally making since last Saturday despite it being grounded as a risk to public safety, writes Ben Sandilands.
aviation industry Tiger CEO ‘sent’ to Australia to fix mess, Singapore Airlines executive appointed to ‘assist’ at head office
Tiger Airways says the grounding of its Australian operation is costing it $SIN 2 million a week, and in a statement of ‘actions taken by the board’ has sent its President and CEO Tony Davis to Australia to fix the mess, reports Ben Sandilands.
Tiger crisis is about more than low fares
Is the Tiger Airways crisis all about air fares being too cheap to support safe air travel, or is it really about something else? Ben Sandilands investigates.
Airlines get mixed report card on volcanic ash
Today’s ash crisis for people flying in south-east Australia was not the surprise to the airlines that it may have appeared.
Who’s right in the great volcanic ash safety debate?
On the third full day of havoc resulting from clouds of volcanic ash from a Chilean eruption being blown into Australian and New Zealand airspace it remains Qantas versus everyone else (even the RAAF) when it comes to its insistence on grounding any flights.
Tiger belly crawl into Melbourne under investigation
The approach and departure air space traffic controllers at Melbourne Airport last night warned a Tiger Airways A320 that it was too low, sparking an investigation by the ATSB, reports Ben Sandilands.
Tiger and CASA get some extra Senate scrutiny
The Senate Inquiry into pilot training and airline safety standards has deferred tabling its report from today until June 15 in order to seek further evidence from CASA and Tiger Airways, reports Ben Sandilands.
CASA waves a yellow card at Tiger … no threat of red yet
Passengers recently bought tickets on Tiger Airways flights unaware that CASA had refused to allow it to expand its small fleet in Australia until it responded to a show cause notice.
A Tiger hunt this morning
Singapore Airlines controlled Tiger Airways is under immense pressure in its Australian operations this morning even after it says it has satisfied safety concerns raised by CASA, writes Ben Sandilands.
Jetstar to sue over airport
evacuation
Sydney Airport did its best to gloss over the security fiasco at its T2 domestic terminal yesterday.
