Tiger Airways Comes To Australia (More Low Air Fares For Backpackers)
Good news for backpackers travelling around Australia and New Zealand in the near future: Australian low-fare airlines Jetstar and Virgin Blue are about to get some extra competition.
Tiger Airways is coming to Australia in December:
The Singapore Airlines-backed Tiger Airways said Wednesday it would start flights from Melbourne to Darwin from December, with fares starting at $79.99 one way. (The Age)
The more competition there is, the lower the fares are likely to be – something penny-pinching backpackers always like to hear.
What Virgin Blue has, though, that the others don’t appear to have catered for (as yet), is ‘carbon offset’ a recent initiative aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions caused by your flight.
So, for a small fee (it differs for each flight), you can experience that warm fluffy feeling one gets from doing something good for the environment.
You do get that feeling, right? Right?
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December 22, 2007 at 2:46 pm
We had a dreadful experience with Tiger Airways. I have a long story to tell, but briefly – others should know of the disgusting treatment we received at their hands, so that they may think twice before dealing with them. In short – if you have a problem with Tiger, you are on your own. They have no support like other airlines and don’t refund easily or compensate. They are an absolute disgrace. If you have a good experience with them and clearly some people do – you should consider yourself lucky.
February 18, 2008 at 8:10 am
AVOID Tiger Air.
They are very amateur, in the air and in the ground. We too have a long and disgusting story …and will NEVER fly TA again.