Tiger Airways Australia after successfully launching seven new routes in its first week of operations has announced that due to the level of demand for its low fare domestic airline it is hunting for a second hub in Australia to base its expanding fleet.
Chris Ward, Managing Director of Tiger Airways Australia, said “the fantastic reaction from Australians to Tigers entry has been nothing short of phenomenal. We have had over 90 percent of seats sold in November, which was certainly beyond my expectations. It goes to show there is plenty of pent up demand for true low fare competition”.
As a result of the reaction to Tiger Airways’ entry into the Australian market the airline will ground support.
The establishment of an additional base will result in two aircraft being located overnight at the increased to five over a three year period.
Melbourne was chosen as Tiger's Australian base because of its new infrastructure built as part of the package to attract the airline.
One of possible front runners is Darwin. Tiger Airways is operating daily flights between Darwin and Singapore.
“The positioning of aircraft will result in significant economic benefits to the successful region in jobs, tourism and an expanded network of destinations.” Chris Ward said.
This announcement comes in the same week as Tiger Airways Australia took delivery of another brand new aircraft from the Airbus factory taking the fleet in Australia to four A320 aircraft.
A final decision will be made early next year regarding the location of the new Tiger Airways base.
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