Mandala Airlines hopes to be flying again before the end of the year

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Mandala Airlines (Jakarta) was acquired by the Saratoga Group (51%) and Tiger Airways (Singapore) (33%) in May. The grounded airline hopes to be airborne again before the end of the year under the new ownership group. The new Mandala will operate under the Tiger business plan using Airbus A320s. It is unclear if the Mandala brand will be retained or whether Mandala will adopt the Tiger brand which is currently taking a beating in Australia market due to the grounding by CASA.

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