Tiger Airways, a low-cost carrier, has approached the
governments of Singapore and India to open up more air traffic rights between
Chennai and the island country – a route that is choking with air passenger
traffic.
Currently, the slots are exhausted between the two designations.
If an airline wants to increase its frequency to Chennai
from Singapore, it cannot do at this juncture.
With over 80 per cent occupancy, the Singapore-based
Tiger Airways increased its flight frequencyto 11 times a week from the
initial four times.
“Chennai has been an enduring destination of choice for
our customers,” he said. There are about 10 weekly flights from Chennai to Singapore.
The carriers include Air India, Tiger Airways, Jet Airways, Air India Express, SilkAir (S) Pte, Singapore Airlines and IndiGo.
Since starting its first flight from Singapore to Chennai in October 2007, Tiger Airways today operates its flights to five other southern cities.
The airline has carried over 1.4 million travellers between India and Singapore.
When asked to comment about the recent media reports of a possible tie up with Indigo or SpiceJet, Avili said, “We are in touch with all the major airlines. We will have a tie up with those who have a similar line of our operations,” he said.
In earlier tie-ups with Mandala Airlines of Indonesia and SEAir of the Philippines, Tiger Airways picked up substantial stakes in both these airlines to extend the reach in these geographies.
Incidentally, Indigo has commenced a direct flight service between India and Singapore from March 1. According to a press release, over 28 million passengers have booked flights on Tiger Airways to date.
It carried 4.1 million passengers for the 12 months ending November 2012
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