Tigerair Australia To Fly Between Melbourne and Canberra

Tigerair Australia today announced a new route providing daily return services between Melbourne and Canberra.

In great news for the people of Melbourne and Canberra, the new service will mean over 2500 additional visitor seats every week through both airports.

Details of the service, including schedules, will be announced this week, and fares will go on sale later this week on the Tigerair Australia website www.tigerair.com.au.

Tigerair Australia CEO Rob Sharp says this is great news for consumers, tourism and the economy as Tigerair continues to respond to consumer demand and, at the same time, deliver a great value low cost offering for Canberra.

 "We have witnessed overwhelming demand and are proud to provide the only low cost services between Canberra and Melbourne.  We are confident the new route  will prove popular for our core market of budget and leisure travellers".

 "In further good news for consumers, we are bringing a new-look Tigerair to Canberra".

"Our customers love low fares but they also want friendly service and on time flights. Tigerair Australia was rebranded in July 2013 and I'm thrilled to say that we are delivering on the promise of consistent delivery of affordable, reliable air travel with great customer service".

"Our great value fares stimulate demand and grow the air travel market which is a win-win for us all."

ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, said today's announcement of new daily services between Canberra and Melbourne would be a significant boost to the ACT economy.

"These flights will generate $17 million a year in the Gross Regional Product of the Canberra catchment and, importantly, create an additional 124 jobs.

 "This is such an exciting time for aviation in Canberra. International flights will start for the first time next month and we can now add this low cost link to Melbourne that Canberrans have been crying out for", Mr Barr said.

Capital Airport Group's Managing Director, Stephen Byron, said Tigerair's new service represented a tremendous new opportunity and choice for the people of Canberra and Melbourne.

"Canberrans are great travellers – and the Tigerair service will provide 2,500 reasons every week to travel to Melbourne and home again. And it gives Melburnians the same opportunity to come to Canberra", Mr Byron said.

"Today's announcement links Melbourne, voted the world's most liveable city for a sixth consecutive year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, with Canberra - Australia's most interesting city.

"We are, of course, famous for our incredible institutions, and we were delighted to learn last week that the War Memorial was the recipient of TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Award for the number one landmark in both Australia and the South Pacific for 2016".

Mr Byron thanked Tigerair Australia for valuing Canberra as a destination, and the Chief Minister for the government's support in helping the Canberra Airport Group inject vibrancy and economic resilience into the capital.

Tigerair Australia Celebrates First International Services To Bali

-        New Services Provide Over 6,800 Seats Weekly To The Tigerair Network.

-        Three Inaugural Flights Depart Melbourne, Adelaide And Perth Bound For Bali Today.

Wednesday 23 March 2016: Tigerair Australia today celebrates the airline's inaugural services to Bali, with the departure of its first Bali bound services from Melbourne and Adelaide departing 9:15am and 9:45am and arriving 12:25pm/12:35pm respectively.

The first service from Perth departs at 7:25pm arriving into Denpasar Airport at 11:10pm.

From today, Tigerair Australia will operate daily return flights to Denpasar from Melbourne and Perth, along with five weekly return flights from Adelaide to Denpasar, delivering over 6,800 additional visitor seats weekly through Denpasar Airport.

Tigerair Australia CEO Rob Sharp, who is flying on the inaugural service from Melbourne today, said the airline was excited to be able to launch its first ever international services, providing more value and choice for leisure travellers than ever before.

"This is a significant milestone for Tigerair Australia as we continue to grow in line with consumer demand. Bali is renowned as a popular holiday destination for many Australians looking for an affordable tropical holiday year round and we are confident our new services will prove popular with our core market of leisure travellers."

Customers aboard the first Tigerair international flight will be farewelled in Melbourne with a special Balinese themed check- in experience and greeted on arrival at Denpasar Airport with a traditional Balinese welcome featuring local dancers.

Tigerair Australia is using three recently reconfigured Boeing 737-800 aircraft for its international services. These aircraft feature 180 all economy seats, including five rows of seats with extra legroom (18 seats in the front of the cabin and 12 seats in exit rows).

For the first time, passengers will also be able to access a mix of free and paid wireless inflight entertainment for use on their own devices on-board the new international services.

Tigerair Australia is proud to provide Australians with consistently great value fares both domestically and now also to one of the most popular international leisure destinations. As always the best way to secure a great value fare is to plan ahead and book early.