Find Cheap Flights from Sydney Kingsford Smith to Cairns (SYD - CNS)

Easy, cheap and great for short-haul flight

cramped, but was on a new plane which was actually much better than other tiger flights i've taken!

Very rude team. Never ever travel with tiger airlines again

Helpful checkin staff and air stewards. Ran on time and would pick Tiger over Jetstar.

No issues with the flight itself or crew however the flight was rescheduled after booking from 11.45am departure to 8.35pm (then urther delay of 30m on day).

Having to put my own luggage tags on only to be told by a fit man “ they’re upside down!’l he should’ve put them On !!

Everything went smoothly as on earlier experiences. Friendly and helpful staff at airport.

The departure gate was not displayed on the electronic board at the airport until an announcement that boarding was 'commencing' which caused some unnecessary anxiety.

Very rude team. Never ever travel with tiger airlines again

Not much.

Boarding exceptionally slow due to intensive screening of each passengers hand luggage. Opportunististic for making an extra $36/bag if a gram over 7. Seat unable to recline. Literally not enough room for legs and needed to sit sideways and I’m not that tall!

Extreme difficulty in check in and bag drop process waited over an hour and combined with security almost missed the flight.

All staff on ground and in flight very pleasant and helpful

I,ve no complaints

Pay extra $500 for my luggage. Still do not know why.

Crew friendly

Bag drop lineup ridiculously long. Flight late departing. Black tea $4. Missed our transfer to port Douglas and had to wait 2 hours to the next. Not happy.

No issues with the flight itself or crew however the flight was rescheduled after booking from 11.45am departure to 8.35pm (then urther delay of 30m on day).

Helpful checkin staff and air stewards. Ran on time and would pick Tiger over Jetstar.

Easy, cheap and great for short-haul flight

cramped, but was on a new plane which was actually much better than other tiger flights i've taken!

Everything went smoothly as on earlier experiences. Friendly and helpful staff at airport.

The departure gate was not displayed on the electronic board at the airport until an announcement that boarding was 'commencing' which caused some unnecessary anxiety.

The entire experience

Over 1.5 hours to check our bags, delays, baggage fees

Same as the previous review

Boarding was a breeze! Staff was very friendly

No free snacks or beverages... only available to purchase

No issues with the flight itself or crew however the flight was rescheduled after booking from 11.45am departure to 8.35pm (then urther delay of 30m on day).

Easy, cheap and great for short-haul flight

cramped, but was on a new plane which was actually much better than other tiger flights i've taken!

Having to put my own luggage tags on only to be told by a fit man “ they’re upside down!’l he should’ve put them On !!

This companies business model is high friction. I ended up with two tickets for my daughter on the same flights as one of their affiliates had problems with their website so it told me I wasn’t successful booking when i later found out the message was wrong. In the interim i booked the small flights on Tiger. I called both companies 4 times got the usual Asian call center responses and finally someone had the guts to tell me they would do nothing about it. Just insane and that’s what you will be if you ignore my advice. My daughter ended up with two flights she could never use and they would not do a single thing to help apart from go through their call center script to keep their jobs. You have been warned. Kayak should never refer people to gotogate.com. They offer similar customer service and would also do nothing.

There was an extremely long line at check-in with only a couple of Virgin Australia attendants working. Despite the line (of several hundred people), the staff appeared to have no urgency about moving customers through the check-in process, and at one point two of the the three workers quit working, packed up and left. Replacements arrived five minutes later and took another five to ten minutes to set-up before helping customers - leaving one agent for the overflowing line. Total wait time for check-in alone was over 1 hour.

NA

Despite multiple confirmation emails from Kayak (including this survey). But I found out last minute from the airline that the flight never actually got booked, so I needed to book a different flight last minute.

Nice crew.

This flight was full with many families with small children. The parents exercised almost no control over their rambunctious children. A gentlemen in my row turned around to request that the children seated behind him not bang and bump the back of his seat. After 3 such requests a fight almost broke out between adults. I’ve never experienced anything quite like this on a flight. I myself got no rest on the 3 hr flight to Cairns.

Nice people but the seats are close so very tight fit for anyone over 5"5'

Excellent seat comfort & entertainment options. Food was average.

No vegetarian meal options

The view

Poor food and no choice, only given tofu noodles! The general appearance of the plane was dated and worn, needs a refit. It felt more like a cheap budget airline not ‘the spirit of australia’ as branded. The touch screen was so bad that you forced the persons head in front to move when you pressed the screen.

The boarding was on time. The crews were great. Food were good.

I reserved for a window seat but I still end up in the aisle.

Lunch served was good.

The flight was delayed a bit.

This was a simple no frills flight cost is low because extras are just that extra.

Seats are paper thin, so much so that i got pushed every time the gentleman behind me moved his knees.

Pay extra $500 for my luggage. Still do not know why.

Over 1.5 hours to check our bags, delays, baggage fees

Boarding was a breeze! Staff was very friendly

No free snacks or beverages... only available to purchase

Very rude team. Never ever travel with tiger airlines again

Delay

Having to put my own luggage tags on only to be told by a fit man “ they’re upside down!’l he should’ve put them On !!

Not much.

Boarding exceptionally slow due to intensive screening of each passengers hand luggage. Opportunististic for making an extra $36/bag if a gram over 7. Seat unable to recline. Literally not enough room for legs and needed to sit sideways and I’m not that tall!

Mostly everything

The seats were a bit cramped.

NA

Despite multiple confirmation emails from Kayak (including this survey). But I found out last minute from the airline that the flight never actually got booked, so I needed to book a different flight last minute.

Nice crew.

This flight was full with many families with small children. The parents exercised almost no control over their rambunctious children. A gentlemen in my row turned around to request that the children seated behind him not bang and bump the back of his seat. After 3 such requests a fight almost broke out between adults. I’ve never experienced anything quite like this on a flight. I myself got no rest on the 3 hr flight to Cairns.

Nice people but the seats are close so very tight fit for anyone over 5"5'

Excellent seat comfort & entertainment options. Food was average.

No vegetarian meal options

The flight itself was fine. Point a to point b with no hiccups.

The cabin crew was rude and had no self awareness. 2 times where I wasn't finished with my drink and they grabbed it right out of my hands. I was grabbing it so they could clear everything else but they took it as me trying to hand it to them. Both times I told them I was still drinking that and they disregarded it and threw it in the trash without hesitation. It's like they were robots on autopilot. Also, the male attendant in my row would always bump me pretty severely with his bum while grabbing things from the cart.

Flight crew is great

Didn’t like the the whole check in process. None of the system worked. Manual check in all the way and took so long. Not enough staff to service.

Lunch served was good.

The flight was delayed a bit.

Everything went smoothly as on earlier experiences. Friendly and helpful staff at airport.

The departure gate was not displayed on the electronic board at the airport until an announcement that boarding was 'commencing' which caused some unnecessary anxiety.

Helpful checkin staff and air stewards. Ran on time and would pick Tiger over Jetstar.

Very rude team. Never ever travel with tiger airlines again

Delay

Extreme difficulty in check in and bag drop process waited over an hour and combined with security almost missed the flight.

Same as the previous review

No food or entertainment. Seats do narrow and MINIMAL leg room

Over 1.5 hours to check our bags, delays, baggage fees