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ABC Web SiteFriday, 16 February 2007. 18:31 (ACST)Minister meets with Tiger Airways over airline headquarters bidThe Northern Territory Tourism Minister has met with the head of Tiger Airways in a bid to make Darwin the budget airline's Australian headquarters.Tourism Minister Paul Henderson held preliminary talks with Tiger chief executive Tony Davis in Darwin today.A spokesman for the Minister says the discussion was constructive, but no firm commitments were made other than to meet again in the next few months.Alice Springs has been without a second airline since Virgin Blue pulled out of the region in 2005, despite the Territory Government providing $4 million in subsidies. The Member for MacDonnell, Alison Anderson, will not say whether her Government plans to offer similar enticements to Tiger Airways, but she is hoping people power will secure the Alice Springs route."That was a different circumstance with Virgin Blue and this is a different time and we as Territorians and people living in Alice Springs just want to welcome Tiger to Alice Springs," she said. "By getting people to vote online really gives us the opportunity, and I think it's healthy for business to have another airline and I think it gives us that opportunity to have cheaper travel."