Tiger turns SIN-KL route into a free-for-all

Wednesday, 08 Jan, 2008 0

SINGAPORE – Tiger Airways has launched sales for its latest route between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur by offering more than 15, 000n free seats – plus taxes.

Tiger Airways CEO Tony Davis said,” This is a significant milestone in Asean’s aviation history. Since Tiger Airways first launch operations in 2004, we have lobbied to offer low fare flights between Singapore and its neighboring countries of Malaysia and Indonesia.

“This is an important first step in the liberalisation of air travel across Asean.”

“Tiger Airways is keen to operate services to other cities in Malaysia and will continue to lobby for air traffic rights,” added Davis.

Initially, Tiger Airways has permission to operate one return Singapore-Kuala Lumpur service daily from February 1. It will use the Low Cost Carrier terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

AirAsia is seeking approval to run a daily return service to Singapore ex Kuala Lumpur.

Carriers from both Singapore and Malaysia will be able to operate an unlimited number of flights on the route starting from December 1, 2008 – just one month before implementation of the Asean Open Sky Policy on January 1, 2009.

Meanwhile, Tiger has responded to an announcement by Qantas yesterday that it would increase its fuel surcharge for international tickets issued after January 17.

Chris Ward, managing director of Tiger Airways Australia said , “Fuel is a cost of doing business in aviation so when you book with Tiger we don’t add it on top.

“The everyday traveller just wants to know how much it will cost to get to their destination not what the world price of aviation fuel is doing. To do otherwise is just muddying the waters”

Qantas and Jetstar have put off raising fuel surcharges on domestic services. Analysts say increased market competition from Singapore-backed Tiger Airways is behind the decision to leave domestic fuel surcharges unchanged for the time being.



 

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