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 Airways
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.
Tiger and Jetstar in battle of spin
On Friday, Tiger announced it would quit Darwin only a few hours before Jetstar was heaping praise on the NT government. Let’s take a look at what’s really going on, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tiger Airways has no-one to blame but itself
Don’t listen to Tiger Airways’ whingeing, serious questions have to be asked about the airline’s network strategy, writes Martin Kelly, Editor of Travel Trends.
Tiger Airways, flying the expensive skies
The small print on the supposedly cheap airfares offered by Tiger Airways contain some very big, yet hidden, “taxes and charges”, writes Adam Schwab.
Tiger’s entry to regional routes are a win-win-win-win
Nothing will ever be the same in Australian air travel because of Tiger’s surprise move to fly a lighter weight full scale single aisle Airbus jet into country airports, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tricky Tiger’s luggage limit scam
Things are getting tricky for Tiger Airways passengers with bags. Here is what you need to know about Tiger’s trickery and evasiveness, writes Ben Sandilands.
