Saturday, September 18, 2010

Tiger Airways' passenger volume grows 18%

Tiger Airways' passenger volume grows 18% on-year

SINGAPORE: Mainboard-listed budget carrier Tiger Airways said it has maintained solid passenger volumes and load factors in August.

The total number of passengers in August grew by 18 per cent on-year to 442,000 compared to an 11 per cent increase in capacity.

From September 2009 to August 2010, Tiger Airways also said a total of 5.5 million passengers chose to fly with it.

That's an increase of 47 per cent over the 3.7 million passengers in the preceding 12 months.

The average load factor for the 12-month period to August 2010 was 86 per cent, an increase of five percentage points year-on-year.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-