Flights from Hong Kong to Jakarta by Tiger Airways

 From 25 July 2013, Tiger Airways will introduce direct budget flights from Hong Kong to Jakarta four times weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Tiger Airways plans to increase the frequency of Hong Kong - Jakarta flights to daily by September 2013. "We are excited that Tiger Airways is the first low cost carrier flying direct from Hong Kong to Jakarta, one of Asia's fastest growing economies. Our new service aims to offer best value in travel to both business travellers and Indonesian workers in Hong Kong. The competitive pricing, frequent schedule and value-added services on demand makes Tiger Airways' flight offerings unique and certainly more cost effective" said Kaneswaran Avili, Commercial Director, Tiger Airways Singapore.

The new Tiger Airways flights between Hong Kong and Jakarta is celebrated by an introductory promotion named "Hong Kong - Jakarta Return for Free" which will be open for booking until 29 May 2013. The promotion offers complimentary return (Jakarta to Hong Kong) airfare, excluding taxes, on round trips booked for travel between 25 July 2013 to 29 March 2014.

Tiger Airways is a group of budget carriers operating in the Asia Pacific region. The group consists of wholly-owned Tiger Airways Singapore and Tiger Airways Australia, and partially-owned Mandala Airlines and SEAir. Tiger Airways aims to expand its presence in Asia through both new strategic partnerships and organic growth. Tiger Airways flies to over 50 destinations in 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Tiger Airways Singapore is rapidly expanding its network in Indonesia. Domestically within Indonesia, the budget airline flies between the capital city of Jakarta and key cities including Bali (Denpasar)  Medan, Surabaya, Padang, Pekanbaru and Yogyakarta. Tiger Airways is also launching budget flights to Yogyakarta and Bandung from Singapore starting on 1 July and 1 August 2013.

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Flights from Singapore to Boracay by Tiger Airways

Singapore based airline Tiger Airways will start direct budget flights from Singapore to Kalibo, Boracay Island on 18 July 2013. Tiger will be the only budget airline flying direct to Kalibo. This will provide a 3.5 hours travel option to Philippine's paradise island Boracay from Singapore as opposed to current 5.5 hours travel time through Cebu or Manila.

Currently, visitors to the island generally transit at Manila and Cebu to board a 2-hour and 1-hour domestic flight respectively, before arriving at Kalibo. The new 3.5-hour direct flight to Kalibo, to be operated by Tiger’s associate airline, Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAir), will cut down on transit and travelling time. Travellers will also enjoy savings on airfare as they will now be paying for air passage on one flight instead of two. Tiger Group is the only budget carrier to offer a direct Singapore-Kalibo call.

In conjunction with the Singapore-Kalibo route launch, Tiger Airways will be offering promotional fares of $88 between 21 May and 24 May. This fare, which is inclusive of taxes and other charges, is valid for travel from 18 July 2013 through 29 March 2014.

Flights from Singapore to Kalibo, DG 8803, will depart on Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 12:25 hr from Singapore Changi Airport and arrive Kalibo at 16:05 hr. Flights from Kalibo to Singapore, DG8802, will depart on Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 08:10 hr from Kalibo and arrive Singapore Changi Airport at 11:55 hr.

Flights from Singapore to Boracay by Tiger Airways
(flights are operated by SEAIR)

Surrounded by stunning white sand beaches, Boracay Island is the best island on the planet earth according to "Travel + Leisure" magazine's 2012 World's Best Awards. It offers beaches in the same league with more popular destinations such as Caribbean, South Pacifi, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Kalibo is a gateway to Boracay, which has gained much interest among travellers in the recent years, including an increasing number of Singaporeans who frequent its beaches for short getaways.

Budget flights to Yogyakarta and Bandung by Tiger Airways

Singapore based budget airline Tiger Airways is launching budget flights to Yogyakarta and Bandung from Singapore starting on 1 July and 1 August 2013. Flight ticket sales for 7 weekly services has started by May 7th 2013 for the travel period between 1 July 2013 and 29 March 2014 and to celebrate the launches Tiger Airways is now offering S$10 promotional fares exclusive of taxes and other charges.

Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, the country's third largest city, and second largest metropolitan area in Indonesia with a population of 2.4 million in 2010. Yogyakarta is a city and the capital of Yogyakarta Special Region in Java, Indonesia renowned as a centre of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows. Both Bandung and Yogyakarta is emerging as a popular holiday destinations for Singaporean travellers as a shopping hotspot, offering scenic nature spots as well as gateway to World Heritage Sites such as the Borobudur and Prambana temples. On the other hand Singapore is a top holiday destination for Indonesians. Tiger Airways already fly to 5 destinations in Indonesia including those operated by partner airline Mandala Air: Denpasar, Medan, Jakarta, Pekanbaru and Surabaya.

"Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, and is one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets. Jakarta airport is currently experiencing some air traffic congestion, with more than 40 airlines operating out of its grounds, ferrying over 57 million passengers in 2012 alone. To better facilitate air travel between the two countries, Tiger Airways has decided to bring its services to more second-tier cities. With the addition of these new destinations, we are certainly looking forward to serving the Indonesian market in a bigger way by offering value-for-money fares across our group network of over 50 cities in 13 countries" said Ho Yuen Sang, Managing Director of Tiger Airways Singapore.

A Tiger Mandala Airbus A320 seen here taking off from Singapore Changi Airport.

Tiger Airways Singapore operates budget flights to regional destinations in Southeast Asia, Australia, China and India from its main base at Singapore Changi Airport. Tiger Airways currently flies to destinations within an approximate five-hour radius around Singapore to 22 destinations in nine countries around the region.