subject: Tiger Airways - Making Air Travel Affordable For Everyone [print this page] Founded in 2003, Tiger Airways is an airline that operates on a low-cost business model providing cheap flights to people. This Singapore based airline started operating its flight services in 2005. The airlines main hub is located at the Singapore Changi Airport. The parent company of the airline is Tiger Holdings Limited. The airline operates both domestic and international flight services to 36 destinations with a fleet size of 21 aircraft. In the year of 2006, it carried approximately 1.2 million passengers and it is presently the largest airline outside Singapore when taken into account the number of passengers carried each year.
The airline started its first flight to India and Malaysia in 2007 and 2008 respectively. In March 2009, the airline started its flight services to Jakarta and in the same year April, it started flying to Australia too. It was also the first airline to receive permits from the authorities of the Chinese aviation to operate flight services within their country. It caters to flight services in India, China, Australia and Southeast Asia.
The airlines other overseas ventures include Tiger Airways Australia, Mandala Airways (Indonesia), Tiger Airways Singapore and South East Asian Airlines (Filipino). The crew on board the flight is a mix of people from different nationalities such as Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Thai, Korea, Japan, Australia and China. The airline believes in the motto of lesser overhead costs and higher quality service. This is to enable them to offer good service to the passengers in addition to safety and security.
As such, the airline offers only the Economy Class travel to all its passengers. Onboard the flight, the passengers can buy food and drinks. The meal options include instant noodles, soups and sandwiches. They also offer the passengers hot and cold beverages and liquor for purchase. As an entertainment facility, they provide the passengers with the airlines in-flight magazine called Tiger Tales and this is a free reading material.
In 2009, Tiger Airways completed its fifth year of service. The airline uses A320 and A319 Airbus aircraft. There are180 seats and 4 cabin and 2 cockpit crews in the A320 Airbus. In the A319 Airbus, there are 144 seats with 3 cabin and 2 cockpit crews. You can make an online reservation by visiting the airlines official website or their travel agents website. The airline offers booking for both single trip and round trip. The online timetable of the flights helps you to plan your journey well in advance.
You can modify your bookings by changing the date of travel and adding or deleting the number of passengers travelling. There is also the facility to cancel the ticket that you have already booked and can request a refund for your cancellation. At the airport, you can check-in your baggage within two hours of the scheduled departure of Tiger Airways flights.
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