Tiger to Sydney...and now Adelaide!!

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Reported by Ben Sandilands this morning too...

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalk...-of-australia/

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Now confirmed by SACL...

MEDIA RELEASE
www.sydneyairport.com
Welcome to Tiger Airways
Sydney Airport has welcomed Tiger Airways’ announcement that it will start flying from Sydney in July 2009.
Tiger Airways Australia will be expanding its network by adding the new Sydney-Melbourne route.
The CEO of Sydney Airport, Russell Balding, said that this is another great win for Sydney. “Sydney is Australia’s biggest tourist attraction and the extra choice Tiger Airways provides will give people from Melbourne an extra reason to visit Sydney. The entry of Tiger Airways into the Sydney market is a real boost for domestic tourism. Sydney Airport is a major contributor to Sydney’s economy and the arrival of Tiger Airways is very good news for all those people employed in Sydney’s tourism, hospitality, and related industries.
“Tiger Airways is also another option for Sydney travellers to consider when they next fly to Melbourne. Sydney Airport congratulates Tiger Airways on its decision to fly from Sydney and looks forward to working closely with Tiger Airways staff as they grow their operations,” Mr Balding said.
Tiger Airways will be flying from the T2 Terminal which has recently been upgraded with a larger food court as well as new carpet, seating and LCD monitors in gate lounges, refurbished bathrooms and extensive concourse re-tiling.
3 April 2009

[Hugh Jarse]

What? No cat cliché's, like "pounces", "stalks", "purring" in the latest press release

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jarse

What? No cat cliché's, like "pounces", "stalks", "purring" in the latest press release

There are only so many cat cliches, and I think they've all be done to death!

[Justin L]

From the Sydney Morning Herald:

Low-cost airline plans expansion to Sydney
Lucy Battersby
April 3, 2009

LOWER air-traffic levels at Sydney airport has given Tiger Airways a chance to operate flights between Melbourne and Sydney, the airline announced last night.

From July 3 the foreign-owned Tiger Airways will fly four times daily along Australia's busiest flight path.

Tiger previously negotiated to use the Sydney Airport terminal, but there was insufficient capacity and the business conditions did not fit with Tiger's low-cost model.

Now, space has opened up as other airlines reduce their flights. "The runways (at Sydney) are less congested now because there is less traffic," Tiger managing director Shelley Roberts said last night.

"We are able to get facilities and there is capacity."

Before it was allowed to use Sydney Airport, Tiger was running flights to nearby Newcastle, but pulled out of that route early last year due to low demand.

"We have seen an overwhelming customer demand for the (Melbourne-Sydney) route and we have managed to find a way to do it that is consistent with our business model," Ms Roberts said.

Tiger opened an office in Adelaide in early March and recently added flights to Perth, Gold Coast and Hobart to its schedules.

A spokesman for Sydney airport said it would release a statement about the arrangement today. Tiger's plans are subject to regulatory approval.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Channel 7s Today Tonight program gave Tiger a real pasting tonight, issues with Tiger changing or cancelling flights. A cheap flight is only cheap if everything goes ok, suffer a Tiger cancellation or re-scheduling and you may as well have paid full price.

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Below are the schedules fot Tiger's MEL-SYD-MEL flights.

TT522 Dep MEL 0650 Arr SYD 0815 (Monday-Saturday's)
TT523 Dep SYD 0845 Arr MEL 1015 (Monday-Saturday's)

TT524 Dep MEL 1030 Arr SYD 1155 (Saturday's Only)
TT525 Dep SYD 1225 Arr MEL 1355 (Saturday's Only)

TT524 Dep MEL 1045 Arr SYD 1210 (Sunday's Only)
TT525 Dep SYD 1240 Arr MEL 1410 (Sunday's Only)

TT526 Dep MEL 1325 Arr SYD 1450 (Monday's and Friday's Only)
TT527 Dep SYD 1520 Arr MEL 1650 (Monday's and Friday's Only)

TT528 Dep MEL 1625 Arr SYD 1750 (Daily)
TT529 Dep SYD 1820 Arr MEL 1950 (Daily)

TT534 Dep MEL 1815 Arr SYD 1940 (Sunday's Only)
TT535 Dep SYD 2010 Arr MEL 2140 (Sunday's Only)

TT534 Dep MEL 1935 Arr SYD 2100 (Monday-Friday's)
TT535 Dep SYD 2130 Arr MEL 2300 (Monday-Friday's)

TT532 Dep MEL 2000 Arr SYD 2125 (Sunday's Only)
TT533 Dep SYD 2155 Arr MEL 2325 (Sunday's Only)

Overall:

Monday's, Friday's and Sunday's : 4 flights

Tuesday's, Wednesday's, Thursday's and Saturday's: 3 Flights

[Jarden S]

Will they be getting a 7th A320 to start these new flights in july or will they redeploy capacity from cutting back on flights elsewhere?

Originally Posted by Jarden S

Will they be getting a 7th A320 to start these new flights in july or will they redeploy capacity from cutting back on flights elsewhere?

No new Aircraft due to later in the year. So they are offloading MEL-ADL-MEL to the Adelaide base, and there are a few gaps here and there, so they are managing to sqeeze capacity in...

[Jarden S]

Originally Posted by Lukas M

No new Aircraft due to later in the year. So they are offloading MEL-ADL-MEL to the Adelaide base, and there are a few gaps here and there, so they are managing to sqeeze capacity in...

So thats how they are doing it. Tiger can't seem to get new A320s quick enough. If they had more of them by now, their third base of Gold Coast could be up and running. They could link up the dots in the network OOL to
Per, Adl, Mel, Hba and even Asp. It would be good for places like Mackay and Rocky to have new flights too