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Tiger Airways Australia CEO Crawford Rix has stood down in the wake of CASA’s descision to seek to extend the grounding of the airline through to August 1. “Tiger Airways Australia’s current CEO, Mr Crawford Rix, will leave the airline on 31 July 2011,” the airline said in a statement issued late in the evening

Qantas 747-400 VH-OJO has been spotted wearing special markings to promote the airline’s ‘Great Crusade’ marketing campaign in support of the upcoming Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. It is the second aircraft to wear Great Crusade markings, after Jetconnect operated 737-800 ZK-ZQF. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

Grounded airline Tiger Airways Australia has suspended ticket sales for flights after July 9, following warnings from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it could face multi-million dollar fines for advertising flights which may not eventuate. Tiger’s management, led by CEO Tony Davis, has been in continual discussions with CASA since Monday after

Alliance Airlines will become the first Australian operator of the Fokker 70, with the acquisition of two Fokker 70LRs, the first of which has arrived at its Brisbane base. Alliance says it has reached agreement with an unnamed major customer to operate the Fokker 70s nonstop from the east coast to a a mine site