Tiger to remain grounded
It appears that Australia’s aviation safety regulator will call for a court order to keep Tiger Airways Australia grounded until August 1st due to continuing safety fears. This follows the current week long grounding that was due to end on Saturday.
An order to extend the suspension of the airline’s licence will be applied for by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority at the Federal Court in Melbourne on Thursday morning. The original 5 working day order was made last Saturday on safety grounds.
The company had been criticised for continuing to sell tickets for flights from Saturday although it has now stopped doing so.
If CASA completes its investigations and determinations before 1 August 2011 and is satisfied Tiger Airways Australia no longer poses a serious and imminent risk to air safety it may be possible for it to resume operations earlier, the regulator said in a statement.
CASA is making the application to the Court because investigations into Tiger Airways Australia will not be completed by the end of the initial five working day suspension period, it said.
Tony Davis, Tiger Airways Holding’s boss flew from the companies Singapore HQ this week in an attempt to convince the regulator that the airline was fit to fly in Australia.
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