Tiger cuts Darwin Services

[Kieran Wells]

From: http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,24110332-5005962,00.html

BUDGET airline Tiger Airways has axed its services to Darwin from Melbourne and Singapore, blaming high fuel and operating costs in Darwin for the decision.

Services to Darwin will be suspended from October 26, Tiger chief operating officer Steve Burns said.

The costs of flying to Darwin were the highest of all the airports the airline served, he said.

"This is an important point to stress: combined airport and fuel costs in Darwin cost more than any of the 27 airports that the airline serves across Australia and Asia. It is just incompatible for a true low-fare airline to operate to such a high-cost destination," he said.

The airline might re-establish services to Darwin "if costs become more reasonable", he said.

Flights booked prior to October 26 will go ahead.

No Australian domestic flights have been booked to Darwin beyond that date.

Tiger will offer a full refund to international passengers booked after October 26.

[Montague S]

Tiger has two flights a day ex Perth for Singapore, I booked for their afternoon flight this January and within 5 days they emailed me and said the flight had been changed, gave me the craps because I booked it so I could connect with a BA flight to Europe.

but what I really want to know is how they can predict so far in advance that the afternoon flight won't sell?

[Rhys Xanthis]

I didnt know they cancelled the 2 x daily SIN from Perth, thanks for posting that Montague.

I think they are struglling with high fuel alot more than they are letting on...JQ is going to really start getting to them with their already established network...im personally not holding out much hope for TR's future..

[Daniel M]

Darwin flghts will be back by April or May next year, in time for the dry season...they are just using high fuel and operating costs as an excuse to cut the services during a period where they would see a fair decline in pax numbers, due to the wet season...pretty poor effort...virgin also are cutting services to DRW from MEL this month, but they are admitted its because of smaller loads over the wet season...good work tiger, I bet Jetstar are stoked to have a nice monopoly for the next 6 months or so

[Lukas M]

PPrune stated somewhere about Tiger Aviation losing $1million a week. Could this be right?

[Daniel M]

PPrune stated somewhere about Tiger Aviation losing $1million a week. Could this be right?

Professional Pilots Rumour Network

[Bruce Bramwell]

PPrune stated somewhere about Tiger Aviation losing $1million a week. Could this be right?


Dont believe anything off pprune. Well we all know TR - Australia are making money

[Lukas M]

Dont believe anything off pprune. Well we all know TR - Australia are making money
But would you think TR- Singapore are making Money? Most TR routes are around the 4/5 hour mark

[Kieran Wells]

I should have mentioned earlier this morning when i did the original post, that i find it funny that Tiger are cutting services. It was only last week, i think, that i heard Tigers female chief exec(don't know her name), trumpeting that Tiger were the only airline in Australia, making money, not feeling the pinch of high oil prices and expanding services at the same time...

Now to see them cut Darwin, and services in Perth makes me wonder if she was telling the FULL story...

[Brenden S]

Darwin is the most expensive capital in Australia.

[Lukas M]

Tigers female chief exec(don't know her name)
Shelly Roberts. Ex Macquarie Airport Board member, easyjet executive

[Grant Smith]

im personally not holding out much hope for TG's future..

What does TG have to do with a discussion about TR cutting services?

[Rhys Xanthis]

What does TG have to do with a discussion about TR cutting services?

Woops:o

[Justin L]

Collectively Tiger are cutting services, but when referring to the IATA code remember both TR (Tiger Singapore) and TT (Tiger Australia) are applicable, with TR referring to SIN-DRW and TT referring to DRW-MEL.

[Josh F]

Let it be known that Virgin look to loose 300 million this year as a result of rising fuel costs.

Virgin seem to be taking the 'stunned rabbit in the headlights' approach as it seems they have not been as reactionary as they should be in the current climate.

[Michael Morrison]

Let it be known that Virgin look to loose 300 million this year as a result of rising fuel costs.

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Where did you get this info from? I would have thought circa $140M based on what Godfrey has said thus far..... oh well, only a few more weeks until they release their guidance

[Marty H]

Let it be known that Virgin look to loose 300 million this year as a result of rising fuel costs.

Virgin seem to be taking the 'stunned rabbit in the headlights' approach as it seems they have not been as reactionary as they should be in the current climate.


Where did you pull that garbage from when they have their fuel hedged until the middle of next year:rolleyes:

[Montague S]

its a stock exchange listed company...doesn't need to rely on fuel to lose money or worth, losses come in many shapes & forms in this industry. VB has $700 million in the bank but its also got $800 million of debt.

[Montague S]

I didnt know they cancelled the 2 x daily SIN from Perth, thanks for posting that Montague.




I never said that they did cancel anything, I just said that they moved me from one flight to another, both flights are still listed and all I was questioning was the fact that I was moved from one to the other.

[Josh F]

Where did you get this info from? I would have thought circa $140M based on what Godfrey has said thus far..... oh well, only a few more weeks until they release their guidance

Passed-on my some market analysts. Of-course it is all speculative, but I would be pretty confident it is on the money. QF and JQ are changing the way they do business and adjusting to meet the demands of the changing landscape. I don't think Virgin are doing enough of that. Something that Ansett als did not do; react quickly and make the tough decisions to remain viable and in-shape.

I think Virgin are risking their future.

[Rhys Xanthis]

I never said that they did cancel anything, I just said that they moved me from one flight to another, both flights are still listed and all I was questioning was the fact that I was moved from one to the other.

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Sorry, i took it that the 2nd daily was cancelled...i did a quick search for a random date in about 6 months and all i could see was 1 daily flight..

EDIT: Done some other dates, and i can still only see 1 x daily from per-sin for tiger?