Following Virgin Australia Holdings going into voluntary administration and later sold, new owner Bain Capital confirmed the brand would be retired.

[3] The change in regulations originally applied only to New Zealand-owned airlines in 1996,[4] but were later relaxed, resulting in the establishment of Virgin Australia.

[5] The Foreign Investment Review Board gave approval for Tiger Airways Holdings to establish a wholly owned Australian subsidiary in March 2007 without any special conditions.

[11] Tiger undertook the final stage of Australian regulatory procedures on 20 November 2007, successfully performing two proving flights from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast and Launceston.

[6] Tiger Airways Australia's first scheduled flight was TT 7402, which departed from Melbourne for the Gold Coast on 23 November 2007.

[14] Tiger announced on 3 April 2009 its intention to launch in the Melbourne–Sydney market, the fifth busiest passenger route in the world at the time, signalling an end to its operational policy of avoiding expensive airports.

[16] On 5 November 2009, Tiger Airways announced its intention to launch into the Brisbane market with services to Melbourne, Adelaide and Rockhampton.

[21] Tiger announced on 25 October 2010 its intention of completing the 'golden triangle' by expanding onto the busy Sydney–Brisbane route, offering double daily frequencies.

[27] Just over a week later, Tiger Airways Australia began its first intrastate route, from Sydney to Coffs Harbour.

[31] On 18 August 2015, Tigerair moved into the newly opened Terminal 4 at Melbourne Airport, which features new technology automated check-in kiosks and bag drop facilities, as well as an expanded departure lounge and more shopping and food choices.

[34] On 22 October 2015, Tigerair revealed a new look for the airline, featuring new uniforms, website, booking system and an improved check-in experience.

[36] On 3 February 2017, Tigerair ended flights to Bali, started 11 months before on 23 March 2016, citing approval issues with Indonesian authorities.

[40] In February 2020, Virgin Australia Holdings announced it would reduce Tigerair's fleet from 13 to eight, exit five loss-making routes, and close its Brisbane base.

Following Virgin Australian Holdings being placed in administration and later sold, new owner Bain Capital confirmed the brand would be retired.

Jetstar was particularly vocal, with its then chief executive Alan Joyce quoted as saying "Tiger and what they have done have come across as a joke, and will probably continue that way".

[51] Tiger Airways Australia had previously been quoted as planning to offer "single digit" one-way fares when it began service.

[52] Virgin Australia considered the possibility of establishing a low-cost offshoot to fend off Tiger Airways.

Jetstar's spokesman, Simon Westaway, was quoted as saying that Tiger Airways "are a good airline in their own right.

[56] On 23 November 2007, Tiger Airways criticised Qantas for being unable to provide ground handling services to the airline at Alice Springs Airport, forcing it to delay its launch to the city by three months to 1 March 2008.

Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti responded by saying "assisting competitors is not part of my job description".

ACCC chairman Rod Sims said that Tigerair would be "highly unlikely to remain in the local market if the proposed acquisition didn't proceed".

[29] The airline statistics for the 2012–2013 year showed that of the major Australian domestic airlines (Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia, Tigerair), Tigerair achieved the second lowest level of on-time departures for 2012–13 at 79.6%, a significant drop from 2011 to 2012 figure of 89.5%, but ahead of Jetstar at 75.6%.

[63] On 3 March, a traffic collision avoidance system alarm was triggered after one of Tigerair's A320s flew too close to a smaller aircraft.

[63] Special conditions were imposed on its Air Operator Certificate giving Tigerair 60 days from mid June to complete instrument rating renewals.

A spokesperson for CASA, Peter Gibson, told the media that "Tigerair has not been able to, at this stage, convince us that they can continue operations safely, so that's why they're on the ground".

[74] After five weeks CASA lifted the ban and Tigerair Australia recommenced operations on 12 August, but only for 18 flights a day between Melbourne and Sydney.

Tigerair announced it was suspending operations from Avalon Airport and would close its Adelaide base altogether in a "commercially motivated" decision.