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Australia’s low fare airline, Tiger Airways, made a welcome return to Darwin this weekend with the first flight from Melbourne arriving into Darwin Airport on Friday 18 June 2010. The return flight carried Tiger Airways’ four millionth passenger in Australia. Tiger Airways Australia Managing Director, Crawford Rix, will fly to Darwin to meet and present the lucky Darwin-based winner with their prize ($400 Tiger Airways travel voucher), ahead of her flight to Melbourne.
Tiger Airways Australia Managing Director, Crawford Rix, says he’s thrilled the airline is returning to Darwin and that he is very much looking forward to his first visit to the top end to celebrate the four millionth passenger milestone and to meet with key tourism and industry partners.
“The return of Darwin to our network is something we have been working on closely with Darwin Airport and Tourism NT. With six weekly flights commencing from this Friday, Tiger Airways will provide a significant boost for inbound tourism for the Territory, providing more than 110,000 visitor seats through Darwin Airport annually.
“The commencement of this route is also great news for Territorians wishing to travel to Victoria to catch up with friends or go to their favourite sport or entertainment event.
“Through the innovative Low Fare Revolution we’ve brought to this nation, we are able to consistently offer incredibly low airfares – no other airline can sustain airfares as low. The great news for consumers is that Tiger Airways is focused on looking at ways to further reduce our airfares in the future,” he says.
Mr Rix adds that the airline is very pleased with the response and forward sales on the Melbourne – Darwin route with “very full flights this weekend” and that he looks forward to a close working relationship with NT Tourism and NT Airports to look for possible future growth opportunities in Central Australia and the Top End.
NT Airports’ CEO Ian Kew is equally pleased with the return of Tiger Airways to Darwin. “Our partnership with Tiger Airways goes back many years as Darwin was the first Australian destination served by Tiger Airways Singapore in 2005. We are pleased to see the return of Tiger Airways to Darwin, and look forward to working with them to expand their ‘paw print’ in the Territory.”
From this Friday, 18 June 2010, Tiger Airways will commence six weekly flights between Melbourne and Darwin.
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