Domestic fare war starts early!
With Melbourne becoming the Australian home of budget carrier Tiger Airways, the anticipated domestic air fare price war appears to have kicked off earlier than originally thought.
Avalon Airport believed to have been overlooked because of its distance from the CBD, with the decision setting off a discount price war in the domestic airline market, which has largely come about by Tiger promising to beat the prices set by Jetstar and Virgin Blue, with Virgin Blue last night announcing that it had slashed fares as low as $49 and that it was also giving Veloty points.
Jetstar kicked off this week by selling 30,000 domestic route tickets at $3 each to its customers and as part of Jetstar’s promotion, it also began offering from midnight last night 100,000 tickets for $3 for domestic flights and tickets to Honolulu, Bangkok and New Zealand during restricted times with the purchase of another Jetsaver fare.
The “take a friend” promotion meant seats for selected flights and times in June, July, October and December allowed a second seat on the same flight for $3.
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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