Even more bogans traveling to Bali for the v8s. That would be a sight to see.rev wrote:Garuda maybe. Indonesia remains a popular place for Australian's to visit.
A Bali consortium with Singaporean backing is building a circuit near Denpasar and are in talks with V8 Supercars to host a round there along with possibly Moto GP, so it will remain popular if not become more popular. .
Yeah...Favourite holiday destination Bali claims Australian life every nine days...so I guess this won't help the averages!!muzzamo wrote:Even more bogans traveling to Bali for the v8s. That would be a sight to see.rev wrote:Garuda maybe. Indonesia remains a popular place for Australian's to visit.
A Bali consortium with Singaporean backing is building a circuit near Denpasar and are in talks with V8 Supercars to host a round there along with possibly Moto GP, so it will remain popular if not become more popular. .
Virgin of course already does adelaide to Denpasar direct.
Tiger takes $1m, but might be back
Political Reporter Daniel Wills
AdelaideNow
August 16, 20125:56PM
TIGER Airways says the State Government's backdown from a demand it repay a $2.25 million grant "paves the way" for the carrier to resume flights in and out of Adelaide.
However, no date for resumption has been determined and other destinations are also being considered.
Tiger Airways Australia chief executive Andrew David said the deal was "mutually agreeable".
"Tiger Airways has today confirmed that it has reached a resolution with the South Australian Government in relation to a commercial agreement and monies owed," Mr David said.
"Today's mutually agreeable outcome with the South Australian Government is an important achievement and paves the way for Tiger to consider a possible resumption of services to South Australia in the future.
"Tiger Airways Australia continues to progressively resume domestic services focusing on flying the popular core routes which enable the airline to fly affordably and with enhanced reliability.
"The airline currently has eight popular routes on sale and is keen to reinstate services to a number of popular destinations, which it will announce in due course.
"We are talking to a number of tourism and airport partners around Australia, including Adelaide, about our future growth plans, however we don't have anything specific to confirm at this time in this regard."
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TIGER Airways will keep almost $1 million from a taxpayer grant aimed at keeping it in Adelaide, despite having dumped its service in August last year.
Treasurer Jack Snelling today announced only $1.4 million, plus GST, would be handed back to taxpayers, despite early State Government assurance all of the $2.25 million grant would be repaid.
The money was handed over in 2009 in return for Tiger establishing a base in Adelaide.
In addition, a $500,000 plus GST incentive payment due to Tiger from the South Australian Tourism Commission, suspended while grant negotiations had been taking place, will now be paid.
During Budget Estimates last year, Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade Minister Tom Koutsantonis said: "No taxpayers' money from the $2.25 million offered will be lost. They have not met their obligations and they will be paying that money back."
The State Government in July announced a similar deal with Emirates Airlines for direct flights to Dubai.
The size of the taxpayer lure for that deal has not been revealed.
Deputy Premier John Rau at the time said the Emirates agreement would run until the end of June 2016.
He said he was confident the arrangement would work but, if it did not, taxpayers would not be disadvantaged.
Mr Snelling today said he had reached a "commercial settlement" with Tiger Airways.
"The resolution of this matter will pave the way for Tiger to focus on continuing to rebuild its network and operations within Australia, including the consideration of returning its flights to Adelaide," he said.
Mr Snelling said he hoped that return to Adelaide operation "will happen soon".
He said the deal to have a base established in 2009 included requirements the parties conduct "good faith discussions" after which he could require the company to refund an amount he deems appropriate.
"There had been significant differences between Tiger and the SA Government as to what constitutes a reasonable refund, with Tiger emphasising it complied with its obligations for a significant part of the period," Mr Snelling said.
"Although the Government did not recover all of the $2.25 million grant originally paid out, it is considered the $1.4 million recovery is a reasonable outcome for South Australian taxpayers given the potential costs and risks associated with litigation."
Herald Sun
I agree with you Maximus...in principle. I'm not too sure what goes on interstate. Up in Queensland Campbell Newman said no incentives were given to Etihad for the extra flights into Brissy. Who knows for certain. I guess to a certain extent we need to give airlines and cruise companies something or else they'll go elsewhere. We need them as much as they need us.Maximus wrote:[..]
I'm not sure how common these sorts of underwriting agreements are in other cities...?
Would Adelaide actually miss Qantas flights to Singapore? Singapore would be laughing if they pulled them though.Maximus wrote:Thanks Stefan. That's good news. I remember when those charters previously used to happen and Keith Martyn would bang on about it on the radio. Infectious enthusiasm. Is he still around?!
Anyhoo, no route announcements that I'm aware of from yesterday's Qantas result, so for the time being we can keep flying to Singapore three times a week.
As an aside, along with everyone else, I imagine the airport execs are a bit disappointed with the BHP announcement. They would have been hoping for a nice upswing in FIFO traffic.
Mines like Prominent Hill are still growing and contributing to increasing FIFO from Adelaide. The other mines are still business as usual.rev wrote:Would Adelaide actually miss Qantas flights to Singapore? Singapore would be laughing if they pulled them though.Maximus wrote:Thanks Stefan. That's good news. I remember when those charters previously used to happen and Keith Martyn would bang on about it on the radio. Infectious enthusiasm. Is he still around?!
Anyhoo, no route announcements that I'm aware of from yesterday's Qantas result, so for the time being we can keep flying to Singapore three times a week.
As an aside, along with everyone else, I imagine the airport execs are a bit disappointed with the BHP announcement. They would have been hoping for a nice upswing in FIFO traffic.
I think we will still see FIFO traffic increase. Mining operations in the state have increased dramatically, and more mines are in the pipeline. The major focus obviously has been ODX, but like one of the mining industry guys said on tv, other mines now wont struggle to attract workers since ODX wont eat up the majority of the workforce. So I think FIFO traffic increasing is still a given.
LOW-COST carrier Tiger Airways will resume flights between Adelaide and Melbourne from November 1.
The Advertiser can reveal the airline today will post a variety of fares, including 5000 one-way seats for travel between November 1 and mid-2013 for $19.95. It will initially offer two flights each way per day.
Tiger Airways Australia chief executive Andrew David told The Advertiser yesterday that extra flights between Adelaide and Melbourne, as well as other routes from Adelaide, could be added later.
This comes after Tiger last month struck a deal with the State Government to keep more than $1 million in taxpayer funding.
It means Tiger will have to pay back only $1.4 million of the $2.25 million it was offered in 2009 to base itself in Adelaide.
The Government had been pursuing the full amount after Tiger failed to resume flights to Adelaide following its grounding by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in July last year.
Mr David said he was "absolutely convinced" SA travellers would put the controversy behind them. He said the resumption of Adelaide flights had been made possible by Tiger acquiring a 10th Airbus A320.
That means an extra 2520 seats a week into Adelaide.
"An 11th aircraft is on the way but we are being cautious with expansion," Mr David said.
"People understand we are a low-cost service, with low fares," he said.
"But people don't tolerate poor service."
He said the Adelaide-Melbourne route had done well for the airline before and he looked forward to good support again from November 1.
Tiger's return to Adelaide will create 20 jobs here for its airport ground-handling contractor.
Independent senator Nick Xenophon yesterday welcomed Tiger's announcement, which he said would be a "great boost" for South Australia's tourism sector.
"As someone who has been pushing for their return, I welcome it," he said. "I'll certainly be using them as often as I can."
He urged the State Government also to show its support by booking travel on Tiger.
In June, Jetstar said it would increase seats through Adelaide, on the Sydney, Gold Coast and Cairns routes, by 13 per cent.
Tiger began Adelaide flights from Melbourne in 2008 and opened its second base, in Adelaide, in 2009.
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