Tiger announces new routes and Brisbane base

[markis10]

Tiger today announced it will be setting up its third base in Brisbane, along with a swag of new routes:

SYD ADL eff 11 March
BNE ADL eff 11 March
BNE CNS eff 15 April
BNE DRW eff 15 April

 

[medhead]

Last time they did SYD ADL the timing suited me best. Might try them again if they get it right.

 

[Simo]

Last time they did SYD ADL the timing suited me best. Might try them again if they get it right.

Timing of flights and also reliability of flights as well will be the key to winning some market share.

 

[Simo]

and also more chance to do price match with JQ.

 

[medhead]

For SYD ADL JQ timing is rubbish for my needs.

 

[Simo]

For SYD ADL JQ timing is rubbish for my needs.

Sadface....

 

[erkpod]

Tiger today announced it will be setting up its third base in Brisbane, along with a swag of new routes:

Sharing space with VA in BNE?

 

[eastwest101]

I would think not myself, I would imagine that TT will stay in the middle pier of BNE domestic only because the VA end is so congested with the building activity taking place at the VA part of the terminal.

By the way - what are they doing at the VA BNE domestic terminal? Seem like every 2nd gate/airbridge has construction going on at the moment?

But back on topic - some of those city pairs are quite common for me. The BNE-DRW flights should put some downwards pressure on prices of flights in and out of DRW so I imagine that JQ, VA and QF won't like that......

 

[robd]

Can't search flights on the site at the moment. "....heavy traffic."

 

[pauly7]

But back on topic - some of those city pairs are quite common for me. The BNE-DRW flights should put some downwards pressure on prices of flights in and out of DRW so I imagine that JQ, VA and QF won't like that......

I would have personally preferred VA add more capacity themselves on that route but no looks like they have lobbed the Terrible Tiger on it instead.... Bummer.

 

[markis10]

Airlineroute.net have published the schedule:

eff 11MAR14 Brisbane – Adelaide 6 weekly
TT317 BNE1655 – 1915ADL 320 x6
TT318 ADL2030 – 2320BNE 320 x6


eff 11MAR14 Sydney – Adelaide 1 daily
TT635 SYD0930 – 1110ADL 320 D
TT636 ADL1140 – 1405SYD 320 D


eff 01APR14 Sydney – Proserpine/Whitsunday Coast 3 weekly
TT394 SYD0815 – 0945PPP 320 246
TT397 PPP1115 – 1325SYD 320 246


eff 15APR14 Brisbane – Cairns 1 daily
TT486 BNE1220 – 1445CNS 320 D
TT487 CNS1515 – 1720BNE 320 D


eff 15APR14 Brisbane – Darwin 1 daily
TT652 BNE2045 – 0025+1DRW 320 D
TT653 DRW0100 – 0510BNE 320 D

 

[docjames]

Long time on the ground in PPP.

I assume it probably relates to available slots in SYD?

Are these new slots in SYD or is something else being dropped?

 

[Boris spatsky]

Long time on the ground in PPP.

I assume it probably relates to available slots in SYD?

It is only 1.5 hours.

It could be due to small staff numbers there and lack of infrastructure. There is only one fuel tanker at PPP and from memory it is quite small. Maybe 30 minutes of extra fat in case the tanker needs to fill up twice?

 

[docjames]

It is only 1.5 hours.

It could be due to small staff numbers there and lack of infrastructure. There is only one fuel tanker at PPP and from memory it is quite small. Maybe 30 minutes of extra fat in case the tanker needs to fill up twice?

Yes, it's not hours and hours but their usual turns are about half that.

You may well be right re: tanker or staffing.

 

[markis10]

I would not be surprised if its a meal break for the crew, its likely to be their second sector, this also makes the most of the fact the ground crew need to be rostered a minimum three hours, given its a solo flight.

 

[Jamesl]

I have checked the schedule, it's a 30 min turn with an STD of 1015

 

[a330j]

Airlineroute.net have published the schedule:

eff 11MAR14 Brisbane – Adelaide 6 weekly
TT317 BNE1655 – 1915ADL 320 x6
TT318 ADL2030 – 2320BNE 320 x6


eff 11MAR14 Sydney – Adelaide 1 daily
TT635 SYD0930 – 1110ADL 320 D
TT636 ADL1140 – 1405SYD 320 D


eff 01APR14 Sydney – Proserpine/Whitsunday Coast 3 weekly
TT394 SYD0815 – 0945PPP 320 246
TT397 PPP1115 – 1325SYD 320 246


eff 15APR14 Brisbane – Cairns 1 daily
TT486 BNE1220 – 1445CNS 320 D
TT487 CNS1515 – 1720BNE 320 D


eff 15APR14 Brisbane – Darwin 1 daily
TT652 BNE2045 – 0025+1DRW 320 D
TT653 DRW0100 – 0510BNE 320 D

I confess to knowing nothing about running an airline but I can't understand why Virgin would start Tiger on routes that it services. Doesn't that just white-ant VAs revenue. I could understand if the routes were loss making for VA to turn it over to its LCC. Or is this something to do with the "capacity war" that QF and VA seem intent on continuing?

 

[markis10]

I confess to knowing nothing about running an airline but I can't understand why Virgin would start Tiger on routes that it services. Doesn't that just white-ant VAs revenue. I could understand if the routes were loss making for VA to turn it over to its LCC. Or is this something to do with the "capacity war" that QF and VA seem intent on continuing?

Virgin caters for a different market to TT, as reflected in the timings, and they want to capture the price sensitive VFR dollars via TT.

 

[erkpod]

Virgin caters for a different market to TT, as reflected in the timings, and they want to capture the price sensitive VFR dollars via TT.

So if you're late or refused boarding with TT, you pay extra & fly VA?

Or you fly TT one way & decide you can't handle them & then decide to pay the extra to go VA on the way back?

 

[markis10]

$79 BNE DRW - Nice.