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Tiger Airways to remain grounded until the end of July

July 8, 2011 — Tiger Airways (Australia)

Tiger Airways (tigerairways.com) (Australia) Airbus A320-232 VH-VNB (msn 2906) NTL (John Adlard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Tiger Airways (Australia) (Melbourne) remains grounded in Australia due to safety issues. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) intends to keep the airline grounded until the end of July while staff is retrained and safety concerns are addressed. Meanwhile Tiger Airways management remains committed to serving Australia and will strive to relaunch operations as soon as possible.

Read the full story from News.com.au: CLICK HERE

In addition, the same Australian pilot was involved in the two incidents that lead to the grounding of the airline.

Read the full story from the Herald Sun: CLICK HERE