21 November 2008

Adelaide to get bigger planes and 200,000 extra low fare seats from March 09

Tiger Airways Australia will be taking delivery of two new Airbus A320 aircraft to launch its base in Adelaide early next year.

The A320s replace previously announced A319s due to the fantastic response to the recently announced Tiger Airways routes from Adelaide to Perth, Gold Coast, Hobart, Melbourne and Alice Springs.

New services between Adelaide and Canberra will also operate from March 2009, taking the initial Tiger Airways route network from Adelaide to 6 destinations.

The larger A320 aircraft will result in 200,000 additional seats a year for South Australia.

This additional capacity will give even more Australians access to the Tiger Airways low fare revolution sweeping across Australia, as well as creating more jobs and economic benefits for the South Australian economy.

Tony Davis, CEO and President of Tiger Aviation said at the South Australian Investment Symposium that Ã¢â¬ÅâœSouth Australia is a perfect place for Tiger Airways to grow its low fare airline."

"We have seen our business model warmly embraced by the South Australian community with strong forward sales and as a result we will now establish our base in Adelaide with 2 larger A320 aircraft that have 180 rather than 144 seats."

"ThatÃ¢â¬â¢s 25% more seats or in other words an additional 200,000 low fare Tiger Airways seats a year for South Australia.Ã¢â¬~

In celebration of this announcement Tiger Airways has released more FREE seats between Adelaide and Hobart, Alice Springs, Gold coast and Melbourne just pay airport charges and tax from $20.64 for Adelaide routes. Just pay airport charges and tax of between $20 to $27 only depending on the route.

Shortly after launching the airline in Australia just under a year ago, Tiger Airways began a competitive process to select another base for its low cost expansion in Australia. The strong proposal from the entire cross section of the public and private sector, under the co-ordination of the South Australian government, resulted in Adelaide being named as the airlineÃ¢â¬â¢s second operating base. The establishment of the new base in Adelaide will grow Tiger Airways Paw print in Australia from an annual 1.5 million seats to 3 million seats over the next 12 months.

Tony Davis said, Ã¢â¬ÅâœIn securing a new Tiger Airways operating base in Adelaide, South Australia has unlocked substantial additional benefits both in direct terms through job creation, more access to key markets and lower fares for consumers and through indirect downstream jobs in industries such as tourism.Ã¢â¬~

Tiger Airways is currently recruiting pilots, cabin crew and support staff to be based locally in Adelaide and is encouraging those interested to find out more information at www.tigerairways.com.

A Report by The Mole