Editing Tigerair (section)

==History==
===Establishment===
[[File:Tiger-airways-brand.svg|thumb|Former Tiger Airways branding]]
Tiger Airways Singapore was incorporated on 12 December 2003 and began ticket sales on 31 August 2004. It has its head office in the Honeywell Building in Changi, Singapore.<ref name=Singaporeairaddresses>"[http://www.caas.gov.sg/caas/en/About_CAAS/Our_Strategic_Thrusts/Safety_Oversight_x_Promotion/Singapore_Air_Operators.html Singapore Air Operators]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120831064259/http://www.caas.gov.sg/caas/en/About_CAAS/Our_Strategic_Thrusts/Safety_Oversight_x_Promotion/Singapore_Air_Operators.html Archive]) [[Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore]]. Retrieved on 31 October 2012. "17 Changi Business Park Central 1, #0Singapore Airlinrs4-06/09 Honeywell Building, Singapore 486073"</ref>

Services commenced on 15 September 2004 to Bangkok.<ref>{{cite web |title=Speech By Mrs Lim Hwee Hua At The Tiger Airways Inaugural Ceremony Singapore on 15 September 2004 |url=https://www.mot.gov.sg/news-centre/news/Detail/Speech-By-Mrs-Lim-Hwee-Hua-At-The-Tiger-Airways-Inaugural-Ceremony-Singapore-on-15-September-2004- |website=MOT |access-date=8 December 2021 |date=15 September 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Another Low Cost Carrier Takes Off From Singapore Changi Airport |url=https://www.mot.gov.sg/news-centre/news/Detail/Another-Low-Cost-Carrier-Takes-Off-From-Singapore-Changi-Airport |website=MOT |access-date=8 December 2021 |date=15 September 2004}}</ref> Scheduled international services are operated from Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is a subsidiary of Tiger Airways Holdings, a Singapore-based company.

In 2006, the airline flew 1.2 million passengers, a growth of 75% from the previous year.

The airline was the first to operate from the Budget Terminal at Changi Airport as part of its cost-saving operations structure, similar to [[Ryanair]]'s. Despite regional competition, the airline has reiterated its current intention to remain focused on flying within a five-hour radius from its Singaporean base.

As of 25 September 2012, Tigerair Singapore operates from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 due to the demolition of the Budget Terminal to make way for Terminal 4, completed in 2017.

===Route strategy===
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[[File:Airbus A319-132, Tiger Airways JP6712464.jpg|thumb|Tigerair A319-132 in 2009]]
[[File:Tigerair A320-232 9V-TRK (16909534015).jpg|thumb|Tigerair A320-232 approaching Singapore Changi]]

The airline encountered a period of relative difficulty for the aviation industry with rising oil prices and intense competition from other airlines. The airline held off imposing fuel surcharges as its competitors had done.

With [[Singapore Airlines]] (SIA) having a stake in the airline, the airline occasionally fills in the gap when SIA drops its services from certain destinations. Macau, once served by SIA before being taken up by its subsidiary, SilkAir, in 2002, terminated all flights completely by the end of 2004. Three months later, the route was taken over by Tigerair with flights commencing 25 March 2005. A similar pattern can be observed in Krabi, where SilkAir suspended services in February 2005 in the wake of the effects of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Tigerair resumed direct services to the location on 7 October 2005.

In late July 2005, it was announced that the airline would commence flights from Macau to Manila (Clark) on 30 October 2005, a much-heralded move as it may signal the establishment of a secondary base besides Singapore, allowing the airline to expand and diversify risks.

On 21 September 2005, the company produced a report card on its first year of operations, with a total of over 500,000 passengers carried, 5000 scheduled flights flown, and a flight completion rate of 98.7 per cent. 94 per cent of flight departures and 90 per cent of arrivals took place according to schedule. It acquired four aircraft and launched a total of nine routes – of which four are flown exclusively by the airline – during the year.

The airline expected to increase its fleet to nine Airbus A320 aircraft by end-2006, and to carry up to three million passengers a year by then. It also hoped to add six more routes during the year, primarily to destinations in China and India, with flights to [[South China|Southern China]] having commenced in April.

The airline also announced its switch from Singapore Airport Terminal Services to Swissport for ground handling once it became the first airline to operate at the newly opened Budget Terminal in Changi Airport on 26 March 2006.

Tigerair became the first Singaporean low-cost carrier to receive operating permits from the Chinese aviation authorities to fly to the southern Chinese cities of [[Haikou]], [[Guangzhou]], and [[Shenzhen]] in an announcement on 21 February 2006. Ticket sales to these destinations commenced on 24 February 2006, with the first flight to Shenzhen taking place on 15 April, to Haikou from 26 April and to Guangzhou from 27 April 2006. The airline has since indicated that the routes were highly popular, with increased flights to Haikou and Guangzhou less than three months since their launch.

In June 2006, flights to [[Da Nang]] were suspended. On 20 July 2006, the media reported on the airline's intentions to increase its routes from 15 to 20 and to establish a second base city by the end of the year. Possible growth regions included China, [[South India|Southern India]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Brunei]].

The airline's plan for a possible initial public offering was also revealed. At the same time, it announced that it saw an increase of 81 per cent in passengers carried in the months of April to June since its move to the Budget Terminal in March, compared to the same period in the previous year. Tigerair started services from Singapore to [[Perth]] on 23 March 2007.

On 25 October 2010, Tigerair announced that it would withdraw from [[Bangalore]] effective 14 November 2010, citing no reason. Tigerair resumed its flights between Singapore and Bangalore on 31 October 2011.

On 19 August 2015, Tigerair announced it was expanding its network with the addition of Quanzhou and Lucknow as new destinations, commencing services on 28 September and 3 December respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tigerair Expands Network with New Services to Quanzhou and Lucknow|url=http://www.tigerair.com/news/TR_20150820_Tigerair_Expands_Network_with_New_Services_to_Quanzhou_and_Lucknow.pdf|access-date=9 October 2015|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306091629/http://www.tigerair.com/news/TR_20150820_Tigerair_Expands_Network_with_New_Services_to_Quanzhou_and_Lucknow.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Merging with Scoot ===
On 4 November 2016, the parent company of Tigerair, [[Singapore Airlines]] announced a merger of Tigerair and Scoot with Tigerair coming into the Scoot brand.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://australianaviation.com.au/2016/11/tigerair-singapore-and-scoot-to-move-to-single-operating-licence/|title=Tigerair Singapore and Scoot to move to single operating licence|last=australianaviation.com.au|date=4 November 2016|website=australianaviation.com.au|publisher=australianaviation.com.au}}</ref> It will allow both airlines to achieve synergies in fare costs and revenue and operate under the same [[Air operator's certificate]] or AOC. Tigerair officially merged with Scoot and began operating under the Scoot brand on 25 July 2017, while the rebranding will leave the joint-venture Tigerair Australia and Tigerair Taiwan intact as Tigerair Australia 100% owned by Virgin Australia (Virgin Australia retains the Tigerair name and acquire the brand rights for Tigerair to operate to some international destinations from Australia.), while Tigerair Taiwan co-owned by China Airlines (80%) and its subsidiary Mandarin Airlines (10%) (with Tigerair hold 10%), respectively.<ref name=":1" />

On 13 January 2022, [[Tigerair Taiwan]] bought "Tigerair" brand ownership from Tigerair, making the company the sole brand owner.<ref>{{cite web |author1=陳君毅 |date=2022-01-13 |title=購回品牌所有權，台灣虎航董事長：我們不再是打工仔，是全球唯一Tigerair |url=https://www.bnext.com.tw/article/67283/tigerair-2022 |website=數位時代 BusinessNext |accessdate=2024-11-30}}</ref>