Tigerair Australia

Tigerair Australia
IATA code :	TT
ICAO code :	TGG
Call sign :	TIGGOZ
Founding:	2007
Operation stopped:	2020
Seat:	Melbourne , Australia
Home airport :	Melbourne Airport
Company form:	Propriety Limited
Management:	Paul Scurrah (CEO)
Number of employees:	1,100 (2016)
Alliance :	Value Alliance
Fleet size:	15th
Aims:	national
Website:	tigerair.com.au
Tigerair Australia ceased operations in 2020. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Tigerair Australia (previously Tiger Airways Australia ) is a low-cost Australian airline based in Melbourne and based at Melbourne Airport . The airline was a sister company of Tigerair . It is now a subsidiary of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. and a sister company of Virgin Australia Airlines . The Virgin Group holds 8.7% of Virgin Australia Holdings.

history

Cabin of an Airbus A320-200 of Tigerair Australia

Since 1996, the Australian National Aviation Authority has also approved 100% foreign-owned airlines for domestic air travel. This initially only applied to New Zealand airlines, but was subsequently defused and used for the first time in 2007 by Virgin Blue - now Virgin Australia . For Australian airlines that operate internationally, an Australian share of 49% still applies today.

On March 16, 2007, Tigerair Australia was founded under the name Tiger Airways Australia in the Northern Territories. The official acceptance flights took place on November 20, 2007 with flights from Melbourne to Sunshine Coast and Launceton. On November 22, 2007, Tiger Airways received the necessary flight certificates. The first regular flight was on November 23, 2007 from Melbourne to Gold Coast. Tiger Airways Australia, like Tiger Airways, is marketed by the Tiger Aviation Group and flies under the same colors. A second hub has been at Adelaide Airport since March 1, 2009.

At the beginning of July 2011, the Australian air traffic control authority CASA temporarily revoked Tiger Airways Australia's operating license due to safety concerns. After CASA discovered deficiencies in the company's maintenance and training program in March, Tiger Airways Australia initially failed to adequately respond to a request for improvement. There were also other security-relevant incidents such as dangerous approaches to other aircraft and incorrect entries in an on-board computer. Operations were allowed to resume on August 10, 2011 after five weeks, but only 18 flights per day are allowed until further notice.

In August 2011, the closure of the base in Adelaide was announced.

In July 2013 Tiger Airways Australia was renamed Tigerair Australia .

On August 5th, 2020, following the bankruptcy of Virgin Australia and its takeover by Bain Capital , it was announced that Tigerair Australia will be discontinued.

Destinations

Tigerair Australia served numerous destinations within Australia from Melbourne .

fleet

As of March 2020, Tigerair Australia's fleet consisted of 15 aircraft with an average age of 11.1 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A320-200	9		1 with Sharklets equipped	180
Boeing 737-800	6th		equipped with winglets
total	15th	-

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Tiger Airways Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tigerair website (English, Chinese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} tigerair.com.au - Corporate Information (English), accessed on November 24, 2016
2. ↑ Focus - Aviation: Tiger Airways remains on the ground in Australia, June 7, 2011
3. ↑ heraldsun.com.au - Tiger Airways' future is in limbo over grounding , accessed on July 3, 2011
4. ↑ BBC - Tiger Airways ban lifted by Australia , accessed August 10, 2011
5. ↑ abc.net.au - Tiger closes Adelaide crew base (English), accessed on August 11, 2011
6. ↑ ch-aviation - Tiger Airways Australia (English), accessed on November 16, 2017
7. ^ Virgin axes Tigerair: What remains for Australia's low-cost airlines. In: 9news.com.au. August 5, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
8. ^ Tigerair Australia update. In: tigerair.com.au. August 5, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
9. ↑ tigerair.com.au - Flight Destinations (English), accessed on November 16, 2017
10. ^ Tigerair Australia Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 12, 2020 . 
11. ↑ tigerair.com.au - Our Fleet | Airbus A320 - Boeing 737-800 | Tigerair Australia , accessed November 16, 2017