Destinations
Tiger Airways currently flies to destinations within an approximate five-hour radius from Singapore to 28 destinations in ten countries around the region. Thailand is its first market with four cities served (Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi and Hat Yai), taking advantage of the open skies agreement between Singapore and Thailand.
Aviation agreements have prevented the airline from flying to neighbouring Malaysia except Kuala Lumpur which started in February 2008. In September 2006, further liberalisation saw Tiger granted rights to fly to Kuching, Miri and Sibu in a bid to boost tourism in Sarawak.
In January 2011, Tiger launched flights to Taipei in Taiwan. The capital city of Taiwan is Tiger's sixth destination in Greater China, after Guangzhou, Haikou, Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen.
Recent network expansion has focused on the Indian subcontinent and the Philippines. Flights to Bangalore were reintroduced along with the addition of Kochi in India, Cebu and Davao in the Philippines, Dhaka in Bangladesh and Colombo in Sri Lanka. Tiger Airways also consider to fly from Visakhapatnam in India, but due to the local airport time restrictions, it shifted to Hyderabad. It has been announced in early July 2012 that Tiger airways would be flying five days a week to Hyderabad, India starting 28 September 2012.
Tiger Airways started flying to Manila, Cebu and Davao in 2011 but the Davao route was suspended in 2012. Tiger Airways with its Philippines partner airline, SEAir also flies to Clark's Diosdado Macapagal International Airport. Flights to Kalibo from Clark are also sold from Tiger Airways website.
With the addition of an Indonesian partner airline, Tiger's footprint is set to grow as a new route from Medan to Singapore was launched, operated by Mandala Airlines. Subject to government approval, Mandala would also be able to operate flights from more Indonesian cities like Bali to Singapore and Jakarta to South East Asia.
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