Airlines

Tiger Airways - airline information

General information

Tiger Airways is a Singapore-based low cost airline, subsidy of the local giant, Singapore Airlines.

It is Singapore's largest low cost carrier and it was created following Ryanair's example.

Tiger Airways is in a way supporting the mother company in facing the threat posed by budget carriers. It's a well spread practice among major airlines to create their own low cost carriers, as subsidies.

Most shares of Tiger Airways are owned by Singapore Airlines and more than 16 % is in the hands of Ryanair stakeholder and founder, Tony Ryan.

Fact sheet

General company information...
Official name:	Tiger Airways
Slogan(s):	-
IATA designator:	TR
ICAO designator:	TGV
Headquarters:	Singapore
Alliance:	None
Destinations...
Hubs:	Singapore Changi International Airport - Singapore
Focus cities, regions, secondary hubs:	Diosdado Macapagal International Airport
Number of destinations:	16
Fleet & flights-related...
Fleet size:	9
Aircraft types used:	Airbus A320
Accidents & incidents:	-
Passengers-related...
Number of passengers:	-
Classes:	-
Frequent flyer program:	-
Other important issues: - Tiger Airways is Singapore's biggest low cost airline in terms of passengers transported yearly

Destinations

Tiger Airways flies its jets to Southeast Asian destinations, among the most important destinations (except Singapore) are: Bangkok, Macau, Manila, Guangzhou, Shenzen, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).

Fleet

The fleet of Tiger Airways consists exclusively of Airbus A320s.

Last modified/updated: July 2, 2007