Tiger Airways Singapore adds another A320 to its fleet
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As a fourth birthday celebration Tiger Airways Singapore will continue to grow by adding another Airbus A320 to its fleet in Mar-09, taking its Singapore fleet to nine aircraft.
More frequencies on current routes and new destinations being considered as seat capacity is set to grow by 12.5%.
Tiger Airways will add another brand new 180 seat Airbus A320 to its growing fleet in Mar-09, bringing the airline’s total number of aircraft based at Singapore’s Changi Airport to nine. This growth comes as a direct result of Tiger Airways Singapore’s strong trading performance including the posting of a SGD37.8 million profit for the last financial year and allows the airline to continue implementing its network expansion plans in Asia. The new aircraft being delivered to Tiger Airways Singapore is in addition to the three new aircraft being delivered to the company’s sister airline in Australia, which includes two Airbus A319s that will be used to establish a new base in Adelaide, South Australia.
Rosalynn Tay, Managing Director of Tiger Airways Singapore said “even in the current challenging trading environment the airline’s strict adherence to our business model and our low, low fares means that unlike our some of our competitors Tiger Airways is in a strong position to grow our fleet and passenger numbers on a sustainable basis. This additional new aircraft will give Tiger Airways the opportunity to further expand its Asia Pacific paw prints with more frequencies and the possibility of new destinations from the airline’s Singapore hub.
The Tiger Airways Group currently has a total of 60 new A320 aircraft on order for delivery over the next 7 years. As a result of the additional aircraft coming into the Tiger Airways fleet the airline is actively recruiting more pilots and cabin crew in Singapore, Melbourne and Adelaide to further expand its operations.
Rosalynn Tay said “this additional aircraft is the first of many over the coming years. Tiger Airways Singapore has the right business plan and the right product for our millions of customers to continue the growth of one of the world’s most successful low fare airlines. Through our strict adherence to the true low fare model, Tiger Airways can now introduce more planes, employ more people, offer even more low fares and serve more destinations more frequently than ever before.”
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 08-Sep-08
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