Konangrit
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 Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject: Tiger wants to connect to Vladisvostok |
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There's an interesting article with Tony Davis from Tiger Airways here.
It's mainly about Tiger negotiating with the Malaysian government for East Malaysian routes, but what I found most interesting was this:
| Quote: | Tiger is also eyeing to be a Pan-Asian carrier. For Davis, the Tiger brand is “not overtly Singaporean” but an Asian brand. The objective is to have operations in Asian countries and employ staff from all over Asia.
Since its maiden flight in September 2004, Tiger, which first operated from Singapore, has managed to set up a domestic low-cost airline in Australia.
It is in the final stages of operating a low-cost airline – Incheon Tiger Airways – with the South Korean city of Incheon.Over the next 12 to 18 months, another new base will be established.
Davis said talks were on going with three potential partners to set up three bases in Asia as ideally, Tiger would like to have six bases in the region.
”We would like to provide the Tiger connection from Vladivostok in Russia and all the way down to Tasmania, Australia.
“The areas we are going to cover is comparable to the landmass of the north and south poles, so we really like to be known as the pole-to-pole airline,” Davis said.
This means a passenger departing for Vladivostok will have to change flights on Tiger-operated routes along the way to reach Tasmania.
Tiger now flies 20 routes in Asia, and Brunei will be its next destination in April. By June, it will have flights to Bangalore, India.
In Australia, Tiger Airways Australia serves 12 destinations, and Alice Springs is its next route.
“Our geographic reach is the widest as we are in South-East Asia, India, China and even flying to Australia,” Davis said.
The cost of setting bases is “very modest” and given the airline's positive cashflow, funding its expansion plans will be via internal funds.
The airline has 70 planes with 58 new orders, and believes its cost is only second to AirAsia, whose cost is the lowest among all global LCCs. |
Good to hear they are in the final stages of operating Incheon Tiger, did you hear how they plan to get around government restrictions on domestic airlines flying internationally whilst you were in Singapore, Alan?
The Vladivostik route would be a very exciting one, linking the Russian Far East with East Asia. I assume this would be served from Incheon. I can imagine getting the train from Europe and all the way along the Trans-Siberian Railway to Vladivostok and then hop out to Korea and through SE Asia down to Australia on Tiger or other LCCs, how cool would that be?
I wonder what the three other planned hubs are? They have Singapore, Australia, and possibly South Korea soon. I guess India is one possibility, and Asian Spirit operates their Clark-Macau flights in the Philippines, so maybe a partnership with them would be possible. |
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