A TIGER AIRWAYS plane touched down in Hobart this morning for the first time in 16 months.
Tiger Airways' commercial director Carly Brear was on board the flight and is urging Tasmanians to give the airline a second chance.
She said the airline had a renewed focus on safety after its planes were grounded in July last year by the aviation safety regulator over safety concerns.
"I'm keen to make it clear to people it's very much about the new look Tiger [with a] focus on delivering operational excellence," Ms Brear said.
"Please don't think too much of your [experience] of Tiger 14 months ago, there have been an awful lot of changes."
Ms Brear said Tiger would mark its return to Tasmania with a 24-hour fare sale, with discount tickets available on the company's website from 7 o'clock tonight.
The deal will see 1000 $29.95 fares offered on the Hobart-Melbourne route for travel in February 2013.
Tiger will run two daily services between Melbourne and Hobart, delivering 5000 visitors to the Hobart airport each week.Ms Brear said there was demand for the budget services offered by Tiger and hinted the number of flights in and out of the state could increase if the airline was well supported.
"We've gone in with the right capacity for the demand at the moment but that's not to say we won't increase the number of flights if there's demand in the future," she said."
The airline will run three daily services in the days before Christmas to cater for the surge in demand for flights.
Virgin Australia this week made a bid for a 60 per cent share of Tiger Australia. Ms Brear said Tiger was expected to continue operating a separate brand from Virgin.
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings, Hobart airport chief Rod Parry and Tourism Tasmania marketing director Kath McCann will be at the airport to greet the Tiger plane, which arrives at 8.15am.
The return of Tiger coincides with a boost in flights by competitors Virgin, Jetstar and Qantas.
hannah.martin@news.com.au
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