Tiger calls for Rix to fix tardy performance

Tuesday, 25 Mar, 2010 0

MELBOURNE – Improving Tiger Airways’ on-time performance will be one of the first tasks facing the airline’s newly appointed boss, Crawford Rix, the managing director of no-frills UK airline, bmibaby.

Rix is replacing Shelley Roberts who is stepping down for “a well-deserved break”, said Tiger Airways group chief executive Tony Davis

Davis said the changing of the guard was amicable.

Rix had brought bmibaby ”to the top position in the UK in terms of reliability and punctuality among low cost carriers,” Davis said.

Tiger came last among the major and regional domestic airlines for punctuality last month, according to latest figures on airline operational performance from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.

In February, Tiger managed only 78.2 per cent of departures on time, and 77.6 per cent of flights arriving on time, significantly under the industry averages of 85.3 and 83.2 per cent respectively.

It also had the equal second-highest rate of cancellations (with Virgin Blue) at 1.1 per cent of flights, above the industry average of 0.9 per cent.

Rix will be relocating to Melbourne with his family over the coming months, Tiger said in a statement.



 

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