Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific - $39 fare between Melbourne and Sydney

FOR 18 months it has been throwing a bevy of light jabs at its ominous opposition, punching well above its weight and attempting to niggle at its foes.

But today, Tiger Airways will land its first big blow – launching flights, with very low fares, between Melbourne and Sydney, the world's third busiest travel route, ...

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,25726775-5014090,00.html?from=public_rss

funny how for the next few weeks the Tiger fares are higher than both Virgin and Qantas for many days.

Virgin offered one flight a day at $39 as Go! fare... on busier days Qantas seems to be the cheapest of the three...

pretty neat, I kind of like the Virgin $49 happy hour specials for my upcoming weekends just for a day trip.

I wonder what Tiger's repeat business is like? I know few people who have flown with them once, none who have flown with the more than once.