Tiger Airways to take delivery of A320 to launch Adelaide base
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Tiger Airways Australia will be taking delivery of two new Airbus A320 aircraft to launch its base in Adelaide in early 2009 . The A320s replace previously announced A319s due to the 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 Mar-09, 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 “South 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. That’s 25% more seats or in other words an additional 200,000 low fare Tiger Airways seats a year for South Australia.”
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 AUD20.64 for Adelaide routes. Just pay airport charges and tax of between AUD20 to AUD27 only depending on the route.
Tony Davis said “ In 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.”
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 21-Nov-08
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