It now seems that federal government statistics that were just recently released apparently state that Tiger Airways is stimulating domestic air travel growth significantly. This is because it is offering Australia’s lowest airfares. Passenger statistics comparing May 2009 to May of this year show that routes on which Tiger Airways operates have shown far higher growth than on other routes that Tiger Airways does not yet operate.

Right now Tiger Airways is contributing more than 50 percent of the 98,957 additional passengers on some of the country’s busiest routes. For example, the Melbourne to Sydney route has seen one of the biggest surges in passenger traffic. It was up some 18.5 percent in May of this year when compared with 2009. Tiger Airways commenced flights on this route in July of 2009.

Some of the other top performing routes now, in terms of passenger growth year-on-year, include between Gold Cost and Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, and Adelaide and Sydney. All of these routes have seen an improvement after Tiger Airways started offering flights for them.

Tiger Airways Australia Commercial Director, Steve Burns, said that four of the five fastest growing domestic routes in the country benefit from Tiger Airways’ low fares. Thus, Tiger Airways’ low fares are providing the much needed shot in the arm in terms of domestic travel. The total traffic on competitive routes where Tiger Airways flew in May grew by 8.9 percent. This is much higher than the market average of 5.3 percent. Tiger Airways is able to give Australia the economic stimulus package that it needs by offering low cost flights.