Review of Tiger Airways Australia flight from Melbourne to Sydney in Economy

Trip Report : Tiger Airways TT572 Melbourne - Sydney

Flight Details:
Airline: Tiger Airways
Flight No. TT572
Reg : VH-VNP
Aircraft: Airbus 320-232
Departure Melbourne: 16:10
Arrival Sydney : 17:40
Time : 01h 35m
Distance : 713 km or 443 miles

Introduction

This report is from 2013 trip from Melbourne.Tiger Airways was chosen as if offered the best price. Read from provided link: Sydney to Melbourne trip report

Arriving at Airport

Arrived at Southern Cross station to catch Skybus. Took about 40 mins to reach airport.

Upon reaching terminal, headed for meal at the domestic terminal. View from restaurant.

I waited at the restaurant for sometime after meal.

View of Virgin Australia taxing to gate.

Melbourne control tower in view below. Construction was on to expand the terminal.

Video: Air-side Action

Airside action

Check-in and Security

I walked to Tiger Terminal which is few meters from the Virgin Domestic terminal. Completed check-in, then security. Formalities completed, boarding had began. Walk to aircraft.

Boarding

Waited for boarding call, queue was formed to walk towards the aircraft.

Tiger Airways stripes

Boarding was conducted from both doors.

Embarkation

Crew checked the boarding pass of every passenger entering the aircraft as other flights were also boarding.

Video: Cabin view

View of cabin

Onboard

I did not select seat and got middle seat of starboard side.

Flight was full.

Departure

Doors were closed soon after passengers had boarded. Crew demonstrated safety instructions manually.  Pushback commenced and after a long taxi, Departed towards the West and then turned north.

Seat Pocket material [SPM]

Seat pocked contained safety card, Buy on Board [BOB] menu  and inflight magazine - Tiger tales.

View of seat number

Most passengers were resting, as the crew conduced BOB service.

Arrival in Sydney

Soon it was arrival time, Pilot came on speaker and announced descend. Approach was from South landing on runway 34L. After a short taxi arrived at the gate.

Exiting Airport

View of Virgin Australia in old livery.

As I was not having check-in bags, I walked out towards the train station.

Hope you enjoyed this trip report. Thanks for reading.

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