Tiger Airways To Start Flying To Thailand

[george]

Tiger Airways to start flying to Thailand

SINGAPORE - Tiger Airways, Singapore' first true low cost carrier has annouunced that it will kick-start operations by heading off in phases to popular destinations in Thailand - Bangkok, Phuket and Hatyai.

It plans to fly up to 10 destinations in the first year, and up to 15 destinations in the second year.

It will start with three daily flights to Bangkok and subsequently, to Phuket and Hatyai once daily.

Ticket sales will start by early September and the internet will be Tiger Airways' key marketing, sales and revenue tool, supporting the carrier's plans to sell 80 per cent of its tickets through its website.

Exclusive fares and promotions will be launched with the start of sales.

The carrier has just received the Air Operator's Certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and will be ready for take-off in September, ahead of schedule.

In an earlier announcement, it revealed that the first flight is expected to take place in the last quarter of 2004.

The carrier received the certificate after going through a series of stringent tests in accordance with industry regulations, including the final Proving flight from Singapore to Bangkok, Thailand.

--The Business Times, SG 2004-08-23

[Rinrada]

Looks as though they must have sorted out the copyright problem with the REAL Tigers

Any way the more the merrier...good news

FIO...

Tiger Airways takes its name from the Tiger Moth, probably the best known of all the 1930’s Vintage Bi-planes. Tiger Airways was the West Country's first modern provider of Tiger Moth Flights and is still the only provider of Vintage Bi-plane Flights in the West Midlands and South West. Offering more than simply joy rides, pleasure flights or scenic flights, we specialize in providing the public with the chance of ‘hands on’ flying in World War Two Vintage, Open Cockpit, Bi-Plane, Training Aeroplanes from the Tiger Moth era. A flight in one of our vintage aeroplanes, designed more than seventy years ago, is, we believe, the most enthralling of all the experience days now on offer. Include some aerobatics in the flight and you are enjoying the most exciting of all adventure days.

More about the planes here.

Tiger Airways' aim is to make the unique, and exhilarating, experience of actually flying an open cockpit bi-plane available to as many people as possible. To that end we offer a variety of packages to suit all tastes and pockets.

For a list of flights and prices, click here.

Strategically placed in Gloucestershire, right by the M5, Tiger Airways is the nearest supplier of to England.

Tiger Airways' main base of operations is Gloucestershire Airport, once better known as Staverton, the home of the famous Gloster Aircraft Company. Staverton is immediately adjacent to the M5 between Cheltenham and Gloucester and easily accessible from Junction 10.

Tiger Airways is committed to maintaining the highest possible safety standards; all our aircraft are maintained to public transport, not private flight, standards. Our pilots are all licensed to commercial or airline transport standard and our management team led by

[ovenman]

It will start with three daily flights to Bangkok and subsequently, to Phuket and Hatyai once daily.

I love the competition as much as the next person but it seems like there is already a ton of capacity on the BKK-SIN route. One wonders when the airlines will reach a point where they are only cannibalizing each other's customer base on this ultra-competitive route.

I also read in The Star (Malaysia) last week that AirAsia is planning to add another BKK-SIN and v.v. daily flight, which would also bring their total to three.

[Totster]

Strategically placed in Gloucestershire, right by the M5, Tiger Airways is the nearest supplier of to England.

Tiger Airways' main base of operations is Gloucestershire Airport, once better known as Staverton, the home of the famous Gloster Aircraft Company. Staverton is immediately adjacent to the M5 between Cheltenham and Gloucester and easily accessible from Junction 10.

... about 10 mins from where I live.....

totster