Confronting the Tiger in the room

Confronting the Tiger in the room

Author: Momentum Media August 13, 2025 Duration: 57:26

It's been five years since a Tigerair plane last graced Australia's skies – and the aviation ecosystem is still coping with Tigerair's extinction.

That's according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which has found that domestic capacity has still not recovered to June 2019 levels though demand is now back where it was before the pandemic, as the loss of Tigerair created a hole of around 400,000 monthly seats made worse by later reductions from Rex.

Jake Nelson and guest host Daniel Croft of Cyber Daily take a look at the ACCC's report and ask who – if anyone – could fill the gap Tigerair left behind.

Plus, how can we solve the growing mental health crisis in general aviation?


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