Tiger Airways roars into Melbourne

The Straits Times, May 3, 2007


The set-up of Tiger Airways Australia will also benefit Tiger Airways passengers from Asia to Australia as they will be able to leverage on this domestic low fare network to travel around Australia.




TIGER Airways Australia has announced that its headquarters will be in Melbourne, at the main domestic and international gateway of the Tullamarine Airport.

This decision was concluded after weeks of meetings with airports and cities across Australia, said Tiger Airways in a statement.

Tiger Airways President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Davis said it was a 'very tough decision' as many of the competing airports put forward very strong presentations.

"We went through a thorough and detailed selection process and chose Melbourne, as it presented the best opportunity for the successful launch of Australia's first truly 'Low Fare' Airline,' he said.

The set-up of Tiger Airways Australia will also benefit Tiger Airways passengers from Asia to Australia as they will be able to leverage on this domestic low fare network to travel around Australia.

Tiger Airways has now begun tendering maintenance, ground handling, training and catering contracts.

The initial year of operations will see Tiger basing five brand new Airbus A320s with a single class configuration of 180 seats.

Mr Davis said that the airline expects to carry around two million passengers in its first year.