Tigerair Australia
Defunct low-cost airline of Australia (2007–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd, operating as Tigerair Australia, was an Australian low-cost airline. Founded by Tiger Airways Holdings, it commenced services in the domestic airline market on 23 November 2007 as Tiger Airways Australia. It later became a subsidiary of Virgin Australia Holdings. On 25 March 2020, Tigerair suspended all operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following Virgin Australia Holdings going into voluntary administration and later sold, new owner Bain Capital confirmed the brand would be retired.
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Commenced operations | 23 November 2007 (2007-11-23) | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 25 March 2020 (2020-03-25) | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Virgin Velocity (redemptions only) | ||||||
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Headquarters | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||
Key people | Paul Scurrah (managing director) |
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