"Tigerair" by Tigerair - Tigerair. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's first budget
airline, Tigerair Taiwan, said Monday it was scheduled to launch its maiden
flight later this month, tapping into the robust demand for cheap travel in Asia.
After it gets an Air Operator Certificate
from the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the airline is expected to launch
its maiden flight to Singapore Sept. 26, said carrier CEO Kwan Yue.
The carrier chose Singapore as its first
destination as it hopes to capitalize on Tiger Airway's connections and
resources in the Southeast Asian city state to offer more flexible flight
destinations to passengers, Kwan said during a press conference in Taipei.
"The main advantage is really to
benefit the people in Taiwan," Kwan said. "Because by adding more
frequencies between Singapore and Taiwan, we actually allow Taiwanese who want
to fly multiple destinations to connect from Singapore on Tigerair," he
said.
Starting from noon Tuesday, the public can
go to the company's homepage to register for more than 10,000 Singapore-bound
one-way tickets costing just NT$888 (US$30) each, the company announced. The
special-price ticket can be used from the date of launch and will expire on
March 28, 2015. The tax-inclusive airfare for a return trip starts from
NT$1,450, meaning a round trip between Taipei and Singapore will cost each
passenger only NT$2,328, about half the market price of this kind, under such a
special offer.
Damn it! I heard those tickets were
seckilled. I have many friends from Singapore and NT$888 is very attractive to
us. Friends, so you got the tickets? Great!! You can go to Taiwan and visit me.
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