Let’s hope that the review of safety concerns is quickly resolved enabling Tiger Airways to resume flying in Australia. The nation’s regulator acted to ground the airline recently amid these concerns and the airline is working hard to resolve the issues in order to meet a projected recommencement of July 9th.
Utterances and opinions we’ve noticed from greedy and unqualified share-traders as well as Tiger’s competitors’ patsies are unhelpful with talk of “a permanently damaged brand” and so-called “pilot training deficiencies”. Australian skies are among the safest (and least-dense) airspace in the world today. This brand provides the opportunity for air travel to many who would otherwise not travel or would endure inherent risks on Australia’s roads.
It’s competitors don’t like it, but what’s new. Tiger provides competition even if it only holds 6 percent of the domestic market. Australia needs competition in many industries, not the phony-wars we see in banking, petrol and grocery retail to mention but a few.
The aviation industry in our country, prior to the two-airline duopoly, was built by great entrepreneurs and adventurers. Where have they gone?
Good luck to Tiger – may they roar again.
