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Tiger Airways Australia Destinations
- From Melbourne (Melbourne Airport) to:
- Adelaide, South Australia (Adelaide Airport)
- Alice Springs, Northern Territory (Alice Springs Airport)
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (Canberra International Airport)
- Gold Coast, Queensland (Gold Coast Airport)
- Hobart, Tasmania (Hobart International Airport)
- Launceston, Tasmania (Launceston Airport)
- Mackay, Queensland (Mackay Airport)
- Perth, Western Australia (Perth Airport)
- Rockhampton, Queensland (Rockhampton Airport)
- Sunshine Coast, Queensland (Sunshine Coast Airport)
- Sydney, New South Wales (Sydney Airport)
About Tiger Airways Australia:
 
Tiger Airways Australia is a low cost airline which commenced services in the Australian domestic airline market on 23 November 2007. It is a subsidiary of Tiger Aviation, a Singapore based company, which is owned in part by Singapore Airlines. The airline is based in Melbourne, Victoria, with its main hub at Melbourne Airport and a secondary hub at Adelaide Airport which opened on 1 March 2009.
Australian government policy and legislation currently permits airlines that are 100% foreign owned to operate domestic airline services within the country. The change in regulation originally applied only to New Zealand owned airlines in 1996, but were later relaxed, resulting in the establishment of Virgin Blue. Australian international airlines are still subject to ownership rules limiting foreign ownership to 49%.
The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board approved the airline to establish its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary in March, 2007 and did not place any special conditions on its approval. Subsequently, on Friday, 16 March 2007, Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited was incorporated in the Northern Territory, although the company itself is based in Melbourne, with Melbourne Airport being the airline's major hub. AUD$10 million and 5 aircraft have been committed to start the subsidiary. The airline's business model is based on that of sister airline Tiger Airways, which attempts to increase the total market size (number of passengers), control operating costs of the airline, and maximise the number of sectors served by its aircraft. It will keep cost low by avoiding expensive airports.
Tiger undertook the final stage of Australian regulatory procedures on 20 November 2007, performing two proving flights from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast and Launceston respectively. Each carried officials from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority as well as Tiger crew. Tiger successfully completed these flights, and received their Air Operator's Certificate on Thursday 22 November, becoming one of only two Australian airlines to earn the certificate on their first attempt, following charter airline OzJet. Tiger's first flight took off from Melbourne Airport on 23 November at 07:18.
The aircraft used by Tiger Airways Australia has the same livery as their Singapore sister company. The airline projects traffic of 2 million passengers annually initially.
Tiger Airways Australia's first scheduled flight was TT 7402, departing Melbourne for the Gold Coast, on 23 November 2007 at 7:30am. The first flight to Mackay took off at noon on the same day.
On 31 May 2008, it was announced that passengers would now be charged a fee for check-in luggage. It is a A$5 fee at booking but if paid at check-in, it increases to A$20.
It was announced on the 3 April 2009 that Tiger intended to launch into the Melbourne-Sydney market, which is the third busiest passenger route in the world.
On the 18 July, it was announced that Tiger would be increasing its Melbourne-Sydney flights by up to 9 flights a day in each direction, and doubling the capacity on the Adelaide-Sydney Route. This is all part of expansion plans from new aircraft arriving from 4 October 2009.
Tiger Australia has not to date posted any profit, although Aviation experts suggest that their Australian operation is floundering and not pulling sufficient numbers from its Adelaide base to make any money in the near term. Aggressive Advertising campaigns by the opposition is a major problem for Tiger as they have a minimal advertising budget.
(Source: Wikipedia - 2009)
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