TIGER AIRWAYS OFFERS 15,000 FREE FLIGHTS DOWN UNDER

By Neville D'Cruz

MELBOURNE, March 2 (Bernama) - Singapore's budget airline Tiger Airways has released 15,000 free flights to mark the opening of its base at Adelaide Airport.

The airline has expanded its routes out of Adelaide from one to six.

The company has added Canberra, Hobart, Alice Springs, Gold Coast and Perth
to its original single destination of Melbourne.

Sixty pilots and cabin crew will be based in Adelaide - with two new A320
aircraft.

Tiger Airways Australia managing director Shelley Roberts said Tiger had
saved Australians A$16 million in airfares.

"South Australia has plenty to celebrate now that it has its own low-cost
airline based in the state," she in the Adelaide Advertiser as saying.

Each of Tiger's new planes is capable of carrying 180 passengers. The
carrier will operate 44 flights a week, up from 14 in January last year.

Passengers booking in the free-seat promotion will pay airport charges and
taxes from A$24 to A$31 each way.

The sale is available on the Tiger Airways website, with the sale ending
Tuesday night.

-- BERNAMA