Singapore News
Budget carrier Tiger Airways to launch service to Perth
Posted: 12 January 2007 1423 hrs
SINGAPORE : Tiger Airways will launch flights between Singapore and the Australian city of Perth beginning in March, the budget carrier said Friday.
Singapore-based Tiger is the first Asian budget carrier to link Asia with the Western Australia city, the airline's chief executive, Tony Davis, said in a news release.
Perth becomes Tiger's second Australian destination after Darwin.
The airline said it will fly to Perth four times a week beginning March 23, with plans for daily service beginning in November.
Tiger Airways flies from Singapore to destinations throughout Southeast Asia and to China.
The carrier launched its first flight in 2004.
It is owned by four shareholders, including Singapore Airlines which has a 49 percent stake and state-linked Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings with 11 percent. - AFP/ch
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