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The One Place Where Tigerair Still Flies is an article written by the AFF editorial team:
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Sounds a bit like a current low cost startup in the market.The issue was Tiger Australia simply had too few aircraft for their schedule and route network (from memory they started with 5x A320 and worked them hard).
It's always going to be a fundamental issue of scale; when you've got one or two flights a day between Point A and Point B, losing cancelling one of those is much more impactful than the intercity bus-service like schedules the bigger airlines will have. I couldn't begin to quantify how many CBR-SYD flights I've had cancelled, but you just get shuffled to the next one in 30-60 mins, or if connecting, routed through BNE or MEL. TIGER (or Bonza or Rex) just don't have the flexibility to do that and if you're running very high load factors, the scope for rebooking is further reduced in subsequent days too. (Nobody is immune though, getting a DRW flight cancelled can be hardly better for example even with QF)Sounds a bit like a current low cost startup in the market.