Singapore's Tiger Air names Chin as new CEO, replacing Davis

[alberttky 0]

SINGAPORE - Singapore budget carrier Tiger Airways said on Monday it has appointed Chin Yau Seng as its chief executive officer with effect from November 1.

 

Chin, former CEO of Silk Air and current acting CEO of Tiger Airways, will replace Tony Davis who will leave the company on the same date.

 

"The company is in the process of appointing a replacement for Mr. Davis as CEO of Tiger Airways Australia, and an announcement regarding this appointment will be made in due course," said Tiger in a statement.

 

Budget carrier Tiger Airways, which is about 40 percent owned by Singapore Airlines and state investor Temasek, last week said it will raise S$158.6 million ($132 million) in a rights issue to shore up its capital, two weeks after it resumed flights in Australia following a six-week suspension.

 

http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Story/A1Story20110829-296752.html

[Christopher Lim 0]

about damn time SIA about damn time... tony davis was uselss.

[KC Sim 2]

Fully agree that it is about time ... under Tony Davis' watch, Tiger Airways' service attitude and reputation have deteriorated drastically.

 

While he was rightfully watching the airine's costs, he made the mistake of assuming that passengers who purchase a low fare ticket are poor and do not deserve a reasonable level of service, even when the airline cancels flights or delay them significantly. All manners of systemic problems crept up - ranging from pilot shortage to crewing issues, maintenance issues etc.

 

About bloody time that Tony Davis feel the front end of someone else's boot. Hopefully, Tiger Airways service attitude and reputation embarks on the road to healing henceforth.

 

KC Sim

[Pieter C. 5]

Tony Davis helped bmibaby down the drain, and almost did so with Tiger...