Tiger Airways Reports April 2010 Traffic

Tiger Airways has reported strong operating statistics for April 2010, the first month in its Fiscal Year 2010/2011.

In April 2010, 507,000 passengers chose to fly with Tiger Airways, 45% more than the 349,000 passengers in April last year. Average Load Factors – the number of seats sold as a percentage of total seats available – increased 3 percentage points to 84%.

For the twelve months ended 30 April 2010, total passenger numbers grew to a record 5.03 million, an increase of 54% over the preceding twelve months. This is the first time that passenger volume over a 12-month period has exceeded 5 million. This new record was achieved with only 19 aircraft, of which two joined the fleet only in 2010.

Average Load Factors for the 12 months ended 30 April 2010 increased 6 percentage points to 85%.

“Following the record passenger numbers in our last fiscal year, we are pleased to start the new fiscal year with continued high growth rates,” Tony Davis, President and Group CEO of Tiger Airways Holdings Limited. “The numbers clearly show that we are attracting more and more passengers with our low fare offering. By adding another 7 aircraft to our fleet during this fiscal year, we will be able to serve more passengers on routes that we identify as the most profitable.”

Tiger Airways recently announced plans to set up a third Australian base at Avalon Airport (Victoria), and fly to more destinations within Greater China, India and Australia.

 In April, it introduced two new Indian destinations – Trichy and Trivandrum – that will commence flights in November. It has also introduced new domestic destinations in Australia – Darwin and Cairns which will commence flights in June and September respectively.

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