Tiger Airways & business recovery propels Australia’s golden triangle up rankings of world’s busiest

Passenger numbers on the Melbourne-Sydney route (Australia's busiest and now the world's fourth busiest) surged 18.5% year-on-year in May-2010, reflecting a recovery in business travel and Tiger Airways' expansion on the route since Jul-2009. The increase was well ahead of the 5.3% increase in Australian domestic airline passengers for the month and signals the revitalisation of the route after several years of stagnation under the former Qantas-Virgin Blue duopoly.