Tiger Airways will not be flying anytime soon, belying previous reports that the Singapore budget carrier will resume its Australian operations next week.

A scheduled Federal Court directions hearing of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority's application to continue the suspension of Tiger has been adjourned for a second time. The hearing, which had been scheduled for Thursday July 28, 2011, has now been adjourned until Monday Aug. 1, 2011. While the matter is adjourned, the suspension of Tiger Airways Australia continues.

Tiger's Australian operations have been suspended by the CASA for almost a month, after two pilots in separate incidents breached the minimum safe altitude on approach to landing. CASA applied to the Federal Court on 7 July to continue the suspension until 1 August 2011, in order to complete its investigations of serious safety issues.

CASA is aiming to complete its investigations by 1 August 2011. Decisions on a resumption of Tiger's operations are expected to be taken by that date.

An initial scheduled directions hearing in the Federal Court on the suspension was adjourned on July, 22 2011, until July, 28 2011.