Tiger Airways

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Tiger Airways Private Limited (Chinese: 飞虎航空公司; abbreviated: 虎航) was incorporated in December 2003 and is Singapore's first true low-cost carrier. Based at Singapore Changi Airport, it launched sales on August 31 2004 and caters to cost-conscious travelers. Destinations will encompass airports within a four hour flying radius of Singapore.

Tiger Airways is staffed by a team of engineers, operations personnel, pilots and cabin crew and expects to increase staff numbers in line with the airline's growth.

Code Data

• IATA Code: TR
• ICAO Code: TGW
• Callsign: Stripe

Shareholders

Its founding shareholders are: Singapore Airlines Limited (49%); Indigo Partners LLC, the investment firm founded by Bill Franke, (24%); Irelandia Investments Limited, the private investment arm of Tony Ryan and his family (founders of European no-frills carrier Ryanair), (16%); and Singapore's investment agency Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd (11%).

Fleet

Tiger currently operates 4 Airbus A320-200 aircraft. The company plans to add four more planes in both 2005 and in 2006. Its new aircraft will seat 180 passengers in an all-economy configuration. It aims to have one of the newest fleets among the low cost carriers. Tiger Airways has announced it ordered 8 A320s from Airbus SAS at the 2005 Paris Airshow with deliveries begining in 2006.

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