CASH-STRAPPED budget carrier
Tigerair is keeping up the pressure on domestic airfares with the offer
of a $1 return fare to mark its seventh birthday.
The catch is travellers must book and pay for the outbound leg of their trip in order to qualify for the $1 fare back home.
Over ten thousand of the dirt cheap fares are on offer from midday today until sold out, for travel from July 16 to September 22 next year.
Routes include Melbourne-Sydney, Brisbane-Melbourne, Adelaide-Sydney, Brisbane-Cairns, Melbourne-Mackay, Sydney-Brisbane and Melbourne-Gold Coast.
But the fares rise sharply - by as much as 40 per cent - when
travellers add extras like baggage and food, which are not included in
the $1 return fare.
It’s the first time since Boxing Day last year that Tigerair has offered the $1 return fares but Head of Communication Vanessa Regan said the airline had “a lot to celebrate”.
“We’ve opened a new Brisbane base, taken delivery of two new aircraft, created 250 new jobs, launched five new routes and flown well over 15 million passengers,” said Ms Regan.
The airline is also in the process of being bought out by Virgin Australia, which has negotiated a $1 fee for the remaining 60 per cent stake.
The catch is travellers must book and pay for the outbound leg of their trip in order to qualify for the $1 fare back home.
Over ten thousand of the dirt cheap fares are on offer from midday today until sold out, for travel from July 16 to September 22 next year.
Routes include Melbourne-Sydney, Brisbane-Melbourne, Adelaide-Sydney, Brisbane-Cairns, Melbourne-Mackay, Sydney-Brisbane and Melbourne-Gold Coast.
Tigerair takes off ... the budget
carrier is maintaining downward pressure on airfares as Australia’s
“consumer champion”. Pic: James Morgan
Source: Supplied
It’s the first time since Boxing Day last year that Tigerair has offered the $1 return fares but Head of Communication Vanessa Regan said the airline had “a lot to celebrate”.
“We’ve opened a new Brisbane base, taken delivery of two new aircraft, created 250 new jobs, launched five new routes and flown well over 15 million passengers,” said Ms Regan.
The airline is also in the process of being bought out by Virgin Australia, which has negotiated a $1 fee for the remaining 60 per cent stake.
