Tiger announced ADL as second Hub

I also saw that. Might have been for next weeks banner mabye?

They usually drag on with announcements and so........

Update:
-MEL-MCY moving to daily from 3weekly
-MEL-ASP moving to 4weekly from 3weekly
-MEL-PER moving to 3daily on Saturday, proving an additional Afternoon Service. On Sunday's there has been a retimes Sunday flight to provide a 6am Departure to Perth

New A320 coming online Mid December...

Announcements on additional services from Melbourne and the initial route network from Adelaide will be made shortly

[Justin L]

TT will fly from ADL to HBA, OOL, PER and ASP from March 2009.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/tige...516641989.html

Perth will be the overnight run, while I thought MCY might have got a go as well as CBR....
As their ADL base starts Thurday 12th Feb, I would say more routes to come
Anyway, good luck to them...

[Steve Jones]

there will need to be some changes to the MEL schedule because as it stands they would need 3 aircraft to run the current schedule...

As far as I can see it, the rotations look like this

AIRCRAFT 1
0600-0745 ADL-MEL
0815-0905 MEL-ADL
0935-1040 ADL-ASP - 3X WEEKLY
0935-1200 ADL-HBA - 4X WEEKLY
1110-1415 ASP-ADL - 3X WEEKLY
1230-1355 HBA-ADL - 4X WEEKLY
??
1845-2030 ADL-MEL
2100-2150 MEL-ADL


AIRCRAFT 2
0145-0605 PER-ADL
0735-0930 ADL-OOL
1000-1255 OOL-ADL
??
2215-0005 ADL-PER

The complicating thing is the 3rd MEL service operated by the ADL based aircraft, that is
1310-1455 ADL-MEL
1525-1615 MEL-ADL

I'm guessing this service will be pushed back 15mins so that it backs up after the return from OOL.

If this happens, there is still room for another 2 daily flights somewhere... As stated earlier, I think MCY and CBR would be strong contenders. The problem is I don't think there is time to slot a MCY return flight into the remaining gaps in the schedule, but there definitely would be time for an afternoon/evening CBR service (maybe scheduled 1715-1930/2000-2115 to fit after a re-timed MEL and before the PER flight?).

OK, enough hypothesising - time for me to stop...

[Justin L]

Further new route announcements expected out of Adelaide soon as well as looking for a third base with two aircraft based there.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...-23349,00.html

Tiger seeks third base as it pushes for 30-plane network
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer | August 29, 2008

SHELLEY Roberts, the Australian boss of Tiger Airways, remains committed to establishing a network of 30 planes in Australia and says she is about to start seeking the airline's third base.

Tiger yesterday unveiled an additional four routes for two Airbus A319s based in Adelaide and said more route announcements from the South Australian capital were expected soon.

The new routes include a four-times weekly service to Hobart and three times weekly service to Alice Springs, as well as daily flights to Perth and the Gold Coast.

These are in addition to 39 weekly services between Melbourne and Adelaide.

Fares out of Adelaide start at $39.95 one-way, inclusive of taxes and charges. The airline says it is recruiting staff to be based locally.

The arrival of the A319s, now scheduled to start flying at the beginning of March, will bring Tiger's Australian-based fleet to seven aircraft.

Tiger earlier this week also announced it would add flights from Melbourne to Alice Springs and the Sunshine Coast in December following the arrival of its fifth A320.

The expansion has been slower than originally anticipated and has included false starts in Darwin and Newcastle.

Ms Roberts, Tiger's Australia managing director, said getting the Adelaide network announcement out of the way would allow her to search for a third base, probably also starting with two planes.

She was reluctant to say when the base would be established but was not ruling out NSW as part of the investigation. The third base would be a key focus over the coming months, she said.

"I'm going to start working with potential airport partners to understand what they can offer and what the economics of those routes are as soon was the announcements are over with," she said.

Ms Roberts refused to be drawn on claims the airline's Australian operations had already lost $23 million.

"We're very happy with the performance in Australia," she said.

"Our planes are full, I'm very clear on the strategy, I've got a business plan, I'm working to that business plan and we expect to have 30 planes in Australia over the next seven years.

"So we've come here with the aim of growing. We are very clear that it's a marathon not a sprint and we're continuing to execute our plan."

Ms Roberts said the airline's sustainability came back to the fundamental design of the business model.

"It's the network structure. It's going to airports, where we know we can turn around in 30 minutes," she said.

Tiger Aviation has also run into opposition against its plans to launch a joint venture in Korea, with local airlines petitioning the Government to reject the proposal.

Asked if she expected a windfall of additional aircraft if Korea was delayed, Ms Roberts said: "We do have deliveries scheduled for the group over the course of the next year and my job is to provide the business case to bring as many of those to Australia as is feasible."

Ms Roberts said Tiger would continue pushing for changes to Australia's bilateral system that would allow it to fly overseas.

One would think Tiger are starting to become a little bit of a threat to the likes of JQ/DJ, with the new additions of...
MEL-LST double daily..
MEL-HBA 4daily
just Across the Tasman of course...

[Daniel M]

Originally Posted by Lukas M

One would think Tiger are starting to become a little bit of a threat to the likes of JQ/DJ, with the new additions of...
MEL-LST double daily..
MEL-HBA 4daily

haha

[Marty H]

Originally Posted by Daniel M

haha

My thoughts exactly, unless they are getting bums on seats (their main source of revenue) then they wont be a threat to anything.

[James Smith]

Still only daily services to both Hobart and Launceston from Melbourne up to 28 March, 2009. Hardly a DJ/JQ busting schedule.

The only real competetive schedules are from Melbourne to Adelaide which is connecting their two bases.