Issue 340: Changing Stripes

Tigerair Australia to switch from A320 to 737 over next three years

Virgin Australia will have the flexibility to hand over more leisure routes to its low-cost unit Tigerair Australia once both carriers operate a common Boeing 737 fleet, an aviation analyst says.

Tigerair will become an all-Boeing 737 operator within three years as part of fleet simplification efforts at the Virgin group of airlines.