The consortium known as Airline Partners of Australia started at $5.20 and were pushed up to $5.60 in return for a board recommendation and due diligence. APA publicly declared the price was final, which means it is. CEO Geoff Dixon's new forecast of a 40 per cent increase in full-year profit this week produced an outbreak of jutting jaws and mutterings about the price, but this was conveniently silenced yesterday by Tiger Airlines of Singapore's launch of a discount airline to go up against Jetstar and Virgin Blue.