Tiger Airways to fly to Padang<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: Budget carrier Tiger Airways, an offshoot of
\nSingapore Airlines, said on Monday it would begin flying to the
\nIndonesian city of Padang from May and has applied for landing
\nrights in Jakarta and Medan.<\/p>\n
Tickets to Padang will go on sale on Tuesday with a
\npromotional one-way fare of S$4.98 (US$3.05), the airline said in
\na statement.<\/p>\n
Tiger Airways said it would fly three times a week to the West
\nSumatra city. \"We have the ability, we have the planes, we have
\npotential customers all ready to experience what would be one of
\nthe lowest, if not the lowest, fares offered by any airline to
\nIndonesia,\" said Tiger Airways chief executive Tony Davis in the
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
He also said they had applied for rights to fly to the
\nIndonesian capital of Jakarta and Medan in Sumatra, but did not
\nprovide further details.<\/p>\n
Three budget airlines -- Valuair, Tiger Airways and Qantas-
\nbacked Jetstar Asia -- are based in Singapore. -- AP<\/p>",
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