Direct daily flights between Phnom Penh and Singapore started yesterday
with the first Tiger Airways flight departing at 8:30am and landing in
Singapore at 11:30am, kicking off a seven-days-a-week low-cost service.
The company is offering a special
price of US$38 one-way from Phnom Penh to Singapore for travel this month.
One of the Royal Group companies,
Cambodia Airlines, provides support to Tiger Airways locally, operating under a
general sales agreement.
The new service from Phnom Penh
to Singapore will operate Monday to Thursday and Sunday, departing at 8:30am
and arriving in Singapore at 11:30am and on Saturdays leaving at 8:20am and
arriving in Singapore at 11:20am. The Friday flight departs from Phnom Penh at
3:30pm and arrives in Singapore at 6:30pm.
The Singapore to Phnom Penh route
departs Singapore at 6:30am on Mondays to Thursdays and Sunday, arriving in
Phnom Penh at 7:30am and Saturday leaving at 6:20am to arrive in Phnom Penh at
7:20am. The Friday flight departs Singapore at 1:30pm and arrives in Phnom Penh
at 2:30pm.
Established in 2004, Tiger
Airways is a Singapore-based low cost carrier with a fleet of 30 Airbus A320
aircraft, with a buy-on-board meal program called Tiger Bites, with a menu that
offers soups, sandwiches and instant noodles.
Royal Group chairman Kith Meng
said he was happy with the new service.
“We’ve been discussing this with
Tiger Airways for some time and we managed to conclude the agreement early this
year, and that’s why we were able to start the service immediately,” Meng said.
“This is leveraging the
cooperation and expertise which I think will enhance the capability of the
venture,” he said. “This is a very good day for Cambodia Airlines in
cooperation and partnership with Tiger Airways and we believe this is the 21st
scheduled flight to the Kingdom of Cambodia.”
Meng said the first flight was
due to fly yesterday morning and return full of passengers from Singapore.
“This is a low-cost carrier with
an affordable price so that average Cambodians can travel and fly,” he said.
Tiger Airways has been listed on
the Singapore Exchange since February 2010 and as of mid-June this year, the
shareholders with more than 5 per cent are Singapore Airlines Limited with
32.84 per cent, which means there is ownership by the Singapore government, and
Dahlia Investments Pte Ltd with 7.3 per cent, according to the Tiger Airways
2012 annual report.
The low-cost carrier has a free
in-flight magazine called Tiger Tales and a diverse mix of nationalities as
cabin crews include Australians, Chinese, Filipinos, Hong Kongers, Japanese,
Koreans, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Taiwanese and Thais.
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