Tiger Airways to Increase Fleet

Tiger Airways Singapore will be increasing its fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft from the current 10 to 14 by December 2010.

For the 12 months to June 2010, 5.3 million passengers chose Tiger Airways, an increase of 52% from the preceding 12 months. Load factor grew from 80% to 85% during the same period of comparison.

“Signs from the industry and our own operations have been very encouraging, with growing passenger numbers at both Tiger Airways and Changi Airport. We have therefore decided to further expand our fleet, to ride the strong recovery of aviation in Asia Pacific as well as meet the growing demand for our low, low fares,” Rosalynn Tay, Managing Director of Tiger Airways Singapore. “With a bigger fleet, we can increase frequencies and introduce new routes and destinations. At the same time, economies of scale will result in greater operational efficiency and lower costs. For our customers, all these mean more opportunities to travel at lower fares.

To meet the needs of the fleet expansion, the airline will be hiring more pilots and cabin crew.

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