Tiger’s twice daily services between Melbourne and Hobart will provide over 5,000 visitor seats through Hobart Airport every week.
Tiger Airways Australia touched down in Tasmania yesterday morning when the airline and local dignitaries will mark the recommencement of twice daily services between Melbourne and Hobart. Tiger’s twice daily services between Melbourne and Hobart will provide over 5,000 visitor seats through Hobart Airport every week.
Carly Brear, Tiger Airways’ Commercial Director, met on arrival into Hobart Airport by Premier for Tasmania, Hon Lara Giddings, Rod Parry, CEO of Hobart Airport and Kath McCann, Director of Marketing, Tourism Tasmania.
“We are thrilled to be back,” said Ms. Brear. “Tasmania is a magnificent location and having recently won the Lonely Planet’s Top 10 accolade it is clear that Hobart and the island state are going to be one of Australia’s most popular tourist destinations in 2013. We’re glad to play our part in boosting tourism by offering consistently great value fares to and from Tasmania.”
Premier for Tasmania, Hon Lara Giddings welcomed Tiger back to Tasmania. “We warmly welcome the return of Tiger Airways to Tasmania. The return of regular flights comes at a great time for the State as we enter into the peak tourism season.
“These additional services will help us take advantage of Tasmania’s growing reputation as a must-see tourist destination, with Hobart recently named in Lonely Planet’s top 10 cities to visit in 2013.
“We know that visitors to Tasmania spend an average of more than $1500 and stay for around 9 nights so every additional airline seat helps to create significant new jobs and opportunities for the state. The return of Tiger is fantastic news for Tasmania’s tourist operators, for hoteliers and for local businesses. It is also great news for Tasmanians travelling interstate for both work and leisure.”
Hobart Airport CEO, Rod Parry said “It is great to see Tiger flying back into Hobart. We look forward to working with Tiger as they continue to grow their Australian operations.”
Ms. Brear pointed out that the airline’s return has coincided with record levels of customer satisfaction from the “new look” Tiger. Referring to a recent Roy Morgan Domestic Airline Satisfaction index, which showed a 29 percentage point increase in satisfaction between June and September 2012, Ms Brear added that “flying is more affordable than ever before and we’d encourage more Australians to take advantage of this by going and experiencing their own ‘backyard’ in 2013.
“As well as a great service, flying Tiger means more money to spend at the other end, so I’d encourage the travelling public to book now and save more!”
Ms. Brear reiterated that the airline continues to talk to tourism and airport partners around the country as well as take on board customer feedback and will announce further 2013 network expansion plans in due course.
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