Up to 27,500 seats per week will now be made available to Australian and Indonesian airlines operating between both countries, after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 1. Representing an 86 per cent increase on capacity on existing levels, the agreement covers 25,000 seats per week for airlines of either nation
Tiger Airways Australia has commenced an “extensive series of meetings” between its management team, lead by Tiger Airways Holdings CEO Tony Davis, and CASA, as it works to resolve the serious safety concerns which led to CASA grounding the airline on July 1. “Our goal is to resume our services as quickly as possible whilst
Tiger Airways’s grounding in Australia will cost around A$1.5 million a week, parent Tiger Airways Holdings notified the Singaporean stock exchange on Sunday. The grounding is currently in effect through until Saturday July 9, stranding about 35,000 passenger booked to fly on Tiger during that time. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) may apply to
The ALAEA has cancelled planned Qantas industrial action this week and lifted its overtime ban following CASA’s grounding of Tiger Airways late on Friday evening. “We fully intended to kick that campaign off on Monday in earnest but the Tiger woes have thrown a spanner into our works,” federal secretary Steve Purvinas wrote on the
CASA has grounded Tiger Airways Australia, saying allowing the airline to continue flying would pose “a serious and imminent risk to air safety”. The grounding, the first time the aviation safety regulator has grounded a major airline, was issued late on Friday evening and took effect from Saturday morning, grounding the airline’s 10 strong Airbus
Qantas has announced adjustments to its flying schedule and staff numbers in preparation for expected strike action by the ALAEA next week, as both parties struggle to reach an agreement over pay and working conditions. The airline will consolidate its flying schedule and put widebody 767s on more routes out of Melbourne on Monday for
