Tiger Airways - Goodbye to cheap fares between Darwin and Singapore
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To thank the people of Darwin for supporting Tiger Airways over nearly 3 years Tiger Airways Singapore has reduced its fares in the last month of flying between Singapore and Darwin.
All remaining seats on all flights will be available for the incredible price of only AUD 99.95 each way inclusive of taxes and charges.
Tiger Airways is ceasing flights to Darwin due to unreasonably high airport charges and unprecedented capacity increases from the dominant airline Qantas/Jetstar. The decision was taken with a heavy heart as Tiger Airways has seen the good that its flights were bringing to the Top End.
Steve Burns, Chief Operating Officer of Tiger Airways, said “making the decision to cease flying to Darwin was one of the hardest I have ever had to make as we all love flying to Darwin. Unfortunately due to the level of airport charges and the blatant dumping of additional capacity by Qantas/Jetstar we were left with little choice but to cease flying to Darwin. These low low fares are our way of saying to the people of Darwin while we may be leaving we will not forget you – expect us back if Qantas/Jetstar gets too greedy and the airport wakes up to the benefits of promoting competition by reducing airport charges.”
The withdrawal of Tiger Airways from the Darwin market is predicted to cause fares to skyrocket in the coming months due to the lack of competition on the Darwin-Singapore route. Already Jetstar has cancelled plans to further increase their flights to Singapore to 3 a day.
Steve Burns said “You don’t need a crystal ball to tell you that Qantas-Jetstar will be soon jacking up prices and reducing capacity now they have a monopoly route. We have already seen them abandon plans for a 3rd daily service between Darwin and Singapore since we made our announcement. Rest assured that Tiger Airways will be keeping an eye on Qantas-Jetstar’s monopoly and will be ready to pounce if airport charges become more reasonable.”
Tiger Airways flights between Singapore and Darwin will cease on 25-Oct-08
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 25-Sep-08
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