Tiger Airways plans to increase its flights to Sydney from Melbourne and Adelaide after adding another Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet in early October.
Tiger Airways Australia, which began flying on the Melbourne to Sydney route on 3 July, will increase the flights between the two cities to nine-daily from four-daily on 4 October.
The increase on the Melbourne to Sydney route will give Tiger 63 weekly flights in the sector. However, according to an industry source, Qantas has over 210 weekly flights between Melbourne (Tullamarine) and Sydney while Virgin Blue has 164 weekly flights. Jetstar has three weekly flights from Tullamarine and 41 from Avalon.
In a quick price check this morning , Tiger fares for departure this Thursday remain extremely competitive with their lead in fares on the early morning Sydney bound flight starting at $68.00 compared to Virgin Blue and Qantas fares which start at $115.00 and $156.00 respectively.