Tigerair Australia and Virgin Australia to match operating models to customer demand

Tigerair Australia CEO Rob Sharp, speaking at the CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit, stated (09-Aug-2013) the airline's operations alongside Virgin Australia will be market driven and focused on creating a sustainable business model. Mr Sharp said combined operations would involve adjusting service timings to serve different markets with different products, such as timing Tigerair services for leisure travellers. Mr Sharp said operations would be based on matching operating models to customer demand and the airlines may reduce or add capacity in some markets to balance capacity with demand. [more - original PR]