Grrrrr Tiger (Tiger Airways)

Member Name: alphason

Product:	Tiger Airways
Date:	30/07/08 (280 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Well priced, decent service

Disadvantages: Changi budget terminal poor

Tiger airways is a budget airline operating routes traditionally in Asia based out of Singapore's Changi airport budget terminal. In recent years they have expanded routes to cover the Asia Pacific Australian markets.

Within Asia they operate routes from the following cities:

* Bangkok
* Bangalore
* Chennai
* Guangzhou
* Haikou
* Hanoi
* Ho Chi Minh City
* Incheon
* Kuala Lumpur
* Macau
* Manila (Clark)
* Padang
* Phuket
* Shenzhen
* Singapore
* Xiamen

And in Australia:

* Adelaide
* Alice Springs
* Canberra
* Darwin
* Gold Coast
* Hobart
* Launceston
* Mackay
* Melbourne
* Newcastle
* Perth
* Rockhampton

There have been rumours around for a couple of years now that they may introduce low cost flights into Europe destinations.

Like most budget airline they operate the standard model of low advertised fares which you then have to add on extras such as taxes, fuel surcharges, luggage allowances and meals.

Like most budget airlines there is no inflight etertainment. The cabin staff had fairly good English skills and were polite and well turned out. The aircrafts themselves seemed to be tidy and well maintained.

I flew from Phuket- Thailand to Perth Australia in June 2007 at a cost of around 18,000 THB return which is about 275 GBP, so pretty good value for what was 4 flights in total. The flight actually consists of 2 legs Phuket > Singapore > Perth. Booking is done online via the website www.tigerairways.com, you can book this journey on a single ticket, but weirdly I found that if I booked the same flights in 2 halves i.e Phuket > Singapore and then Singapore > Perth is actually worked out cheaper, so its always worth trying that.

On the downside for this flight there is around a five hour delay between flights at Changi, and there are no transit facilities for budget airline so you have the whole immigration and passport processes to complete. Changi budget terminal is very limited with just one resaurant, but there is a free bus to the main terminal which has all the International shopping and fast food choices.

Summary: Good SEA budget airline