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TIGER Airways will target NSW holidaymakers with new routes and drastically discounted fares in a new push to increase its share of the state's lucrative tourism market.
Just 14 months after being grounded by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority for posing a serious risk to airline safety, the low-cost carrier revealed it would begin flying between Sydney and Coffs Harbour from February.
The airline will operate up to five flights, with a capacity of 1400 seats, each week on the new route, and from tomorrow charge customers $120 for return tickets - $64 less than the cheapest Virgin airfares and $166 less than Qantas.
Tiger Airways Australia commercial director Carly Brear also apologised to customers who had been burned by the carrier's patchy safety and scheduling record in the past.
"This is the first step in a very focused direction for the business, as we expand and start to add new ports to the destinations we fly to," Ms Brear said.
http://m.theaustralian.com.au/news/fur-flies-in-tiger-price-war/story-e6frg6n6-1226523349089
Just 14 months after being grounded by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority for posing a serious risk to airline safety, the low-cost carrier revealed it would begin flying between Sydney and Coffs Harbour from February.
The airline will operate up to five flights, with a capacity of 1400 seats, each week on the new route, and from tomorrow charge customers $120 for return tickets - $64 less than the cheapest Virgin airfares and $166 less than Qantas.
Tiger Airways Australia commercial director Carly Brear also apologised to customers who had been burned by the carrier's patchy safety and scheduling record in the past.
"This is the first step in a very focused direction for the business, as we expand and start to add new ports to the destinations we fly to," Ms Brear said.
http://m.theaustralian.com.au/news/fur-flies-in-tiger-price-war/story-e6frg6n6-1226523349089
