Tiger offers low fare to six cities

Tiger offers low fare to six cities

SINGAPORE: Budget carrier Tiger Airways announced on Sunday it is offering one-way fares of US$6 to its entire network of 10 cities in six Southeast Asian countries.

The booking period starts on Monday through April 1 and is valid for mid-week travel on Mondays to Thursdays from July 1 until Oct. 29.

The carrier, owned by Singapore Airlines (SIA), said that the offer coincided with a celebration of the completion of its "first-phase network expansion".

The airline is extending the low fares to all the cities it covers including Singapore, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hatyai, Phuket, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Macau, Padang and Manila. Tiger is the first budget airline to be granted landing rights for Padang, the provincial capital of West Sumatra in Indonesia.

Tiger took to the air on Sept. 15. Two other low-cost carriers are based in Singapore. -- DPA