Review of Tiger Airways Australia flight Sydney → Melbourne in Economy

Trip Report : Sydney - Melbourne on TigerAir Australia

Flight Details:

Flight No :TT279
Airline: TigerAir Australia
Aircraft :Airbus A320
Reg :VH-VND
Departed Sydney (Terminal 2 Gate 54): 08:30 pm
Arrived Melbourne (Terminal 4): 10:10 pm
Total time : 1hr 30min

Introduction

This report is of a flight, I undertook in 2016. I was visiting Melbourne for a short visit.

Full Trip Video: TigerAir VH-VND TT279 SYD-MEL

Do watch the video to experience the flight.



Check-In

I had check-in the flight online Got my boarding pass printed before arriving at the airport.
Being a domestic flight, I arrived an hour before flight

Arriving at Terminal 2

Took a train from central to arrive at Terminal 2.



Check-In

I wasn't carrying any luggage except handbag . Skipped the check-in and went straight for security check.



Flight Schedule

Check the flight schedule, flight would depart from gate 54.



Dinner

The flight arrives at 10.10 pm in Melbourne, decided to have dinner early before boarding.



Tarmac view

View of the tarmac from the food court. Virgin Australia owns Tiger airways and uses Terminal 2 for its flights.



Heading towards gate 54

After dinner walked towards gate 54



Plane spotting

With time to spare before boarding, some plane spotting.



Jetstar about to pushback



Arriving at Gate 54

The counter was unmanned, with still time for boarding. Found a seat and waited for boarding call.



Staff arrives at the counter



TigerAir VH-VND arrives from Melbourne

After arrival of aircraft from Melbourne, passengers disembarked from the flight.



Boarding call was made

After the last passengers had exited the aircraft, within few mins boarding call was made.



Gate 54

Boarding had commenced. Boarding passes where scanned.



Window view

Passengers in the front section boarded through the aerobridge where as the rear section passengers boarded via the stair. After boarding through the stair settled in the seat.



Seat view



Cabin view

After boarding was completed, doors were armed.



Pushback

Pushback commenced.




Taxi and takeoff

After a long taxi to runway 34R.

Watch the trip video to enjoy the departure.

Heading South to Melbourne

Departed towards the North before turning South towards Melbourne.



Reading Material



Safety Card



Tiger Tales - Inflight Magazine

Being a low cost carrier, most of the articles were travel destination which TigerAir served. Skimmed through the magazine



Tiger tales and Tiger bites

Being a short, 1hr 30 min flight. Inflight buy-on-board service commenced on reaching cruise altitude. As I had my dinner early, I skipped the buy on board. Few passengers ordered food on board where payment could be made pre-paid, credit card or cash.



Inflight Cabin View



Approaching Melbourne and landing

With no other form of entertainment, rested for a while. Soon it was landing time.

Approaching from West, landed on runway 09L. Watch the Trip video



Taxi

Passed the Virgin Australia A330 parked in the remote bay.



Disembarkation

After doors were opened, disembarkation was through the stairs.



Exiting the Terminal

As I wasn't carrying any checked baggage, headed straight for the exit after disembarking the aircraft.



Bus to City

Upon exiting the terminal, headed for the bus to Long Term car park to pick car.

Hope you enjoyed the trip. Thanks for reading.

End of Trip

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