Tiger Airways 6 months ahead of plans to operate daily to Perth

Tiger Airways is bringing forward its plans to operate daily Singapore-Perth flight services by six months to 1 May 2007.

The airline will be launching flights to Perth from Singapore on 23 March 2007, with four flights per week. The airline had originally only planned to beef this up to daily flights in November 2007.

“The response from travelers in Singapore and Australia to our low fares Singapore-Perth flight services has been overwhelming. With the encouragement and support of the Australian Tourism authorities, we have decided to accelerate the introduction of a daily flight service and launch this in May 2007 instead of November 2007 as originally planned,” said CEO Tony Davis.

Return fares from Singapore start from A$ 290/Sin$ 320 (including taxes and charges).

Western Australian Tourism Minister Sheila McHale said she was delighted with the news. “Singapore is our second biggest source of visitors, so the expansion of Tiger Airways flights to Western Australia is a significant boost to our tourism industry. Each year about 57,000 visitors from Singapore travel to WA and that should increase significantly as holiday makers take advantage of Tiger Airways’ low prices,” she said.

A joint marketing campaign in Singapore between Tourism WA and Tiger Airways has just been launched and will run until June 2007. It incorporates press and online advertising, promotional activities and journalist / travel industry familiarization trips.

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