Qantas and Virgin Blue are being forced into a full scale fare war with Tiger Airways at a very painful moment in domestic aviation in Australia.
The Singapore Airlines controlled low cost response to Jetstar opening a subsidiary in Singapore has announced more than doubling its Sydney-Melbourne flights to up to nine daily returns from 4 [...]
Tag Archives: fare wars
It’s war: Tiger doubles Sydney-Melbourne and Sydney-Adelaide flights from 4 October
July 20, 2009 – 7:07 am
Delta V-how it might work
July 11, 2009 – 12:26 pm
The chances of a trans Pacific joint venture by the Virgin Blue group of carriers and Delta have improved after the US Department of Transport approved anti trust immunity for Continental Airlines participating in the Star Alliance, which includes its major rival United Airlines.
The Department of Justice under the Obama administration had earlier voiced its [...]
Will Qantas turn shame into gain?
December 27, 2008 – 8:39 am
Virgin Blue’s elimination of domestic fuel surcharges announced on Christmas Eve seems to put Qantas to shame, but travel retailers are chatting about its likely response as being a headline grabber.
Qantas doesn’t look good for hanging onto an $18 domestic fuel surcharge when its subsidiary Jetstar is charging only $9 and Virgin Blue and Tiger [...]
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