Singapore budget carrier Tiger Airways opens ticket sales for India

Mumbai, Jul 3 (UNI) Singapore budget carrier Tiger Airways today commenced sales on two new routes between Singapore and India.

The airline will operate four flights per week to Chennai starting from October 28 this year.

The airline will also operate three flights every week to Kochi starting October 30, a release said here today.

One-way fares for both routes start from USD 59.99 (INR 1,599).

With the addition of these new routes to India, the airline claims it will operate the most comprehensive international network of any low-fare airline in the region with services to countries with a combined population exceeding three billion.

Tiger Airways has already established itself as the largest international low-fare airline to serve China and will commence domestic services within Australia later this year, the release said.

Tiger Airways is the only Singapore-based low-fare airline to operate flights between Singapore and India.

Tony Davis, CEO of Tiger Airways said, ''We are very excited to launch our service in India, a very promising landscape for the growing aviation industry. It is today, the world's second largest aviation market and we see great potential for low-cost international flights.'' ''With these new routes, Tiger Airways now offers low-fare flights to 20 destinations across eight countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region. Tiger Airways is now the only low-fare airline to offer services across the whole of Asia encompassing China, South East Asia, India and Australia,'' he added.

Tiger Airways earlier this year obtained authority to operate its flights on an extended twin engine operations (ETOPS) basis, which enables the airline to operate more efficient direct routings between Singapore and points in southern India.

UNI