Heraldsun.com.au, 9 Feb 2009, Geoff Easdown
TIGER Airways intends to defy the troubled aviation market by pressing ahead with its plan to expand its loss-making activities in Australia.
The Singapore Airlines-controlled low-cost operator says it will resume morning flights from Melbourne next month and will proceed with its plan for a second Australian base in Adelaide with two new aircraft.
The moves come despite an operating loss in Australia last financial year of $12.8 million and start-up costs of $7.8 million in 2007 which Tiger has yet to recover.
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