Tiger to expand its fleet

TigerAirways, Asia-Pacific's fast growing low-fare carrier, has signed a contract with Airbus for an additional 20 A320s, which will take its fleet up to 70 aircraft.

This announcement follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 50 A320s in June 2007, with the first 30 of these orders confirmed in October.

Tiger Airways currently operates a fleet of 12A320s, with eight more to be delivered by 2010. Tiger Airways A320s will beconfigured in a 180-seat, all economy configuration

TheA320s will be deployed on the airline's rapidly expanding Asia-Pacific network that currently extends to more than 25 destinations in eight countries.

This includes Tiger Airways' new Australian domestic operation, which was launched out of Melbourne in November 2007.

"Tiger Airways has entered an exciting new phase of development, with continued strong growth of operations out of Singapore, the successful launch of services in Australia and a new start-up in Korea on the horizon. The A320 has performed outstandingly for Tiger

Airways over the past three years and I am confident that the A320 aircraft matches our long term growth requirements across the Asia-Pacific region," said Tony Davis, Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Aviation.

-The Nation

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Tiger to expand its fleet

TigerAirways, Asia-Pacific's fast growing low-fare carrier, has signed a contract with Airbus for an additional 20 A320s, which will take its fleet up to 70 aircraft.

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