The first Tiger Airways flight to Hobart touching down in January 2008.
TIGER Airways is heading back to Hobart next week with a safe and more efficient service, chief executive Andrew David says.
Twice daily flights to Melbourne are scheduled when Tiger returns on November 1, with a third service to be offered during the peak summer period.
Mr David urged Tasmanians to take advantage of its budget flights, rather than relying on Tiger to put downward pressure on rivals' fares.
"All the restrictions put on us by CASA [Civil Aviation Safety Authority] have been cleared, so if anybody is worried about safety, I can tell you ... two million people over the past 12 months can't be wrong," he said.
Tiger announced on Friday that CASA had given it a new Air Operators Certificate which has no restrictions associated with last year's grounding.
The airline has been staging a step-by-step return across Australia since August last year, after its fleet was grounded nationwide by CASA in July.
Mr David said he believed many travellers were concerned about operations and on-time performance and the airline had worked on those.
"Our focus on operational excellence has started to pay dividends." He said last month Tiger had fewer cancellations than its competitors, only 0.6 per cent of flights compared with more than 1 per cent for other airlines.
"We're still operating those very affordable fares." he said.
The temptation for some people was to be pleased Tiger was back and heating up competition but then to fly with other airlines.
"If people want us to stay, they've got to give us a go," he said.
Mr David also praised Tasmania for its status as a hot destination.
It comes after Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania chief Luke Martin said the extra seats added by airlines, including Tiger, could deliver up to 200,000 more tourists to the state.
The extra services mean another 400,000 seats will be available on flights in and out of Tasmania this financial year.
Mr Martin urged people to snap up cheap seats early.
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