Aviation

Tiger Airways named Singapore's biggest low cost carrier

2nd Biggest Airline in Singapore feat achieved with only 10 narrow-bodied aircraft.

Tiger Airways named Singapore's biggest low cost carrier

2nd Biggest Airline in Singapore feat achieved with only 10 narrow-bodied aircraft.

Changi passenger movements up 16.5% to 9.94mln

Full service carriers accounted for over 50% of the reported growth for the period of January - March 2010.

Tiger Airways adds Trivandrum to its destinations

In addition to recently announced flights to Tiruchirappalli, Tiger Airways will start flying to Trivandrum, India come November this year.

Singapore Airlines reinstates full European flight schedule

Passengers can now travel to and from Europe as scheduled as the continent reopens its airspace.

Singapore Airlines faces potential S$7.6mln/day loss

Canceling European flights due to volcanic activity and ash cloud could mean loss of sales worth S$7.6 million a day for SIA, or a likely net loss of...

Blimey! Singapore Airlines cancels flights to Britain

Flight disruptions were caused by volcanic activity in Iceland and ash cloud moving over Northern Europe and the UK.

A record 4.9mln passengers flew with Tiger in FY09

In the year ended 31 March 2010, the number of passengers that chose Tiger Airways saw a 54% increase compared to the previous year.

Tiger Airways inks financing deals with StanChart

The two multi-million dollar arrangements are for pre-delivery payments (PDP) of six Airbus 320s and the purchase of additional seven.

Air France launches personalised service at Singapore Changi Airport

Designed to provide comfort to La Première passengers departing from Singapore, the JetQuay Lounge is exclusive for travellers on Air France First...

Aviation industry to recover from the bad year

"The international aviation industry was badly affected by the economic downturn last year, but Changi fared better than we anticipated," said Mrs Lim...

Tiger Airways increases Thailand flights

To serve growing demand, Tiger Airways will double the current frequency of flights to Krabi and Hat Yai in Thailand.

Tiger Airways passenger volume up 90% in February 2010

Compared with February 2009, passenger volume almost doubled as Tiger served a total of 437,000 passengers in the previous month.

Tiger Airways enhances call centre services

Tiger Airways plans to improve its call centre services as part of its Customer Task Force introduced in 2009.

IATA assigns Willy Boulter as Regional VP Asia-Pacific

Boulter is tasked to supervise International Air Transport Association's operations in world's largest aviation market.

Tiger Airways offers 100,000 seats at $0 plus taxes

The seats on sale to 11 regional destinations from Singapore are only open for booking from 4 to 10 March 2010.

Singapore Q4 2009 airfare up 1% despite crisis

American Express survey showed air travel cost to increase to 6% this year as economy improves.

Singapore Airlines deploys A330-300s on more routes

SIA will replace its Boeing 777 operations on particular destinations and also start using Airbus A330-300s on regional routes.