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Tiger Airways has launched twice daily flights
between Penang and Singapore. The route is operated with Airbus
A320 aircraft with a maximum capacity of 180 passengers.
The Penang - Singapore launch comes as Tiger
Airways celebrates its 9th millionth Passenger with a 9 cents sale
(taxes and charges vary from Sin$29 - Sin$90 depending on the
destination). The promotion can be booked until 22 July 2008 or
until seats sell out.
Routes on sale include flights between Singapore
and Penang, Bangkok, Guangzhou, Clarke (Manila) Haikou, Hanoi,
Phuket, KL, Langkawi, Macau, Ho Chi Minh City and Shenzhen.
Rosalynn Tay, Managing Director Tiger Airways
Singapore said, "Prior to February 2008 there were no low fare
airlines flying between Singapore and Malaysia. On 1 February 2008
we commenced flying with a daily return flight between KL and
Singapore. How things have changed in the last 18 months. By the
start of August, Tiger Airways will have gone from 14 flights a
week to 114 flights a week between Singapore and Malaysia."
Tiger Airways network between Singapore and
Malaysia includes:
4 return flights a day between Singapore and KL;
4 return flight a week between Singapore and Kota Kinabalu;
1
return flight a day between Singapore and Kuching;
2 flights a
day between Singapore and Penang;
4 return flights a week
between Langkawi and Singapore (commences 2 August).
"The governments of Singapore and Malaysia have
shown great leadership in opening up the skies between the two
countries. What has already been achieved is paying dividends to
the economy with extra tourists and new jobs. It is important that
the process continues towards a full open skies agreement and
other countries in the region follow the lead of Malaysia and
Singapore," Ms Tay added.
Tiger Airways currently flies to 31 cities in
nine countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam,
India, China, the Philippines and Indonesia.
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