Ex-Qantas exec takes reins at troubled Tiger Airways TIGER Airways Australia's new chief executive says he is looking forward to "a new and exciting chapter" at the troubled low-cost carrier as it heads into a new ownership structure. Singapore's Tiger Airways Holdings yesterday confirmed that former senior Qantas executive Rob Sharp would take over as the airline's new boss from tomorrow after Virgin Australia last week received approval from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission to take a 60 per cent stake in the airline.