Another Qantas Cityflyer route is being munched on by Tiger, reports Ben Sandilands: this time, it’s the Melbourne to Brisbane route, with the low-fare airline offering flights up to three times daily from 28 March.
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Tiger bares its teeth at Cityflyer
Low fare airline Tiger Airways continues its assault on Qantas’ Cityflyer operation with the announcement of even more Sydney flights, says Ben Sandilands. Yep: not low fare Jetstar, nor middle market Virgin Blue, but high fare Qantas. Grr.
CHOICE names and shames the shonkiest brands of the year
Consumer advocate CHOICE has named its picks for the shonkiest Australian products and services for 2009. Brands coming under fire this year include Aldi, L’Oreal, Tiffany, Qantas and Tiger Airways.
Time for Tiger Airways to stop pussy-footing around compensation
There is no justification for Tiger Airways taking up to two months to compensate hundreds of passengers for the expenses they had to meet after being stranded in Hobart for three days last week, says Ben Sandilands
Four airlines, two cities, and a big cat fight
Qantas and Virgin Blue lose a significant amount of control over domestic fares and scheduling from today when Tiger lifts its frequency on the Sydney-Melbourne route to nine times daily each way. The fur will fly, says Ben Sandilands.
Virgin posts $160m loss
Virgin Blue this morning confirmed a loss of $160 million for the year to June 30 while the guessing game about its recent strong share price performance continues.
Tiger will push Qantas to eat its own
Tiger’s move on the key Sydney-Melbourne route will force big changes at Qantas.
Qantas and Virgin go to war with Tiger
Qantas and Virgin Blue are being forced into a full-scale fare war with Tiger Airways, after the The Singapore Airlines-controlled low cost announced it is more than doubling its Sydney-Melbourne flights to up to nine daily returns from 4 October.
Virgin pressure on Qantas mounts
The latest traffic figures for Qantas continue to pile the pressure on to its full service domestic product, which is losing altitude steeply as Virgin Blue, its own Jetstar and Tiger all continue to grow strongly at its expense.
Qantas beware: Virgins running amok!
Virgin Blue is leading Qantas on domestic routes in the latest traffic figures posted to the ASX this morning and it is clear Qantas has to do something to stay competitive.
Tiger Airways outlines Oz expansion plans
A rapidly expanding Tiger seems as near a certainty as anything can be in the airlines game. It will really gain momentum in July when it begins the Sydney-Melbourne route, says Ben Sandilands.
Oops Tiger to face scrutiny for “free” tickets?
Singapore owned Tiger Airways could get skinned by the ACCC over its sale of 30,000 FREE tickets last month.
Jungle warfare rages with Tiger poker
High stakes poker is now being played by Qantas/Jetstar, Virgin Blue and Tiger Airways over the Tiger’s plans to develop a significant Sydney hub.
Tiger lands growing traffic figures as rivals struggle
Tiger Airway’s passenger numbers rose 8.7%, in March. These would be good numbers in good times, let alone bad times.
Jetstar turns cannibal to subdue the Tiger
Jetstar looks set to “accidentally” take on its parent airline Qantas on the Melbourne-Sydney route for the greater goal of keeping Tiger Airways in its cage.
Now open, the Crikey angry flyers’ lounge
Tiger Airways had now said sorry three times in six days to angry customers and the RSL.
Tiger’s ANZAC Day rip-off exposed
Tiger Airways launched a blatant Anzac Day rip off this morning leaving itself open to prosecution under the Crimes Act and by the ACCC.
Tips and rumours: Rudd Government buying laptops from Aldi?
The screws must be really tightening in Canberra, if one tipster is to be believed, while another overhears whispers of redundancies at the Courier Mail.
Tips and rumours: Is Nine’s David Gyngell on the move?
Is Nine’s David Gyngell on the move? And which mining company has the Oz been boosting?
Tips and rumours: Q&A with the Australian Jockey Club
As an attendee of last week’s AJC Extraordinary General Meeting, one can only give it one positive spin — it lived up to its title of being “extraordinary”.
Newcastle’s skies safe (well, safer) thanks to federal intervention
Joel Fitzgibbon and Anthony Albanese ditched CASA’s supposedly ‘safe’ Newscastle airport arrangements overnight, writes Ben Sandilands.
Someone tell Tiger: we’re not falling for free flights any more
Tiger Airways must be wondering what it has to do to give away free flights, or get free advertising, and its competitors will be asking themselves the same questions, writes Ben Sandilands.
Fool levy or fuel surcharge? Cheap oil hurts airline credibility
The airlines are scrambling today to deal with fuel below the $US 55 parity pricing benchmark, which makes their fuel surcharges look like a blatant rip-off, writes Ben Sandilands.
Credit crunches low cost air lines
The spectre of the low passenger rather than low cost airline is coming into focus, writes Ben Sandilands.
