IT TTW Commenced operations 26 September 2014 Fleet size 10 | TTW SMART CAT Destinations 13 Founded 2013 | |
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CEO Lee Lik Hsin (12 May 2014–) Profiles | ||
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Tigerair Taiwan (Chinese: 臺灣虎航; pinyin: Táiwān Hǔháng) is a low-cost carrier (LCC) based at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. The airline currently has seven aircraft and will expand its fleet to 12 aircraft by 2016. It was the first Taiwan-based LCC to start operations and currently the only one of the two LCCs in Taiwan still flying (V Air of Transasia Airways discontinued operations at the end of September 2016). It was formed as a joint venture between China Airlines Group and Budget Aviation Holdings. Prior to 2016, China Airlines held 80 percent of the share while Budget Aviation Holdings and Mandarin Airlines each held 10%. In 2017, as Tigerair Singapore merged into Scoot, CAPA reported that China Airlines had purchased another 10% from Budget Aviation Holdings, leaving both China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines owners of the airline.
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History
Taiwan was the last major market in Asia to not have a low-cost carrier (LCC). In early 2013, China Airlines and Transasia Airways became the first Taiwanese carriers to express interests in forming LCCs. The further reduction in entry barriers by the Civil Aeronautics Administration made it favorable for the creation of LCCs.
In October 2013, China Airlines chairman Sun Hung-Hsiang announced that the airline was in talks with a foreign LCC to start a LCC based in Taiwan. The partnership was made public in December 2013 when China Airlines created a new joint venture with Singaporean low cost carrier Tigerair to establish Tigerair Taiwan. As part of the deal, China Airlines would hold a 90 percent share in the new carrier while Tiger Airways Holdings hold the other 10 percent. In March 2014, China Airlines subsidiary Mandarin Airlines took over 10% of its parent company's share in Tigerair Taiwan.
In September 2014, Tigerair Taiwan received Air Operator's Certificate from the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The airline thus commenced operations on 26 September 2014, with the first flight being IT511 from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Singapore Changi Airport.
Livery
All Tigerair Taiwan aircraft wears the Tigerair group livery along while having the words "TAIWAN" painted onto the rear of the fuselage. The airline is the first international carrier to have the words 'Taiwan' as part of a corporate livery or a company name.
Destinations
Tigerair Taiwan has a network strategy that focuses on Southeast and Northeast Asia. The carrier is evaluating a South Korean destination, either Jeju or Busan; and a Vietnamese destination, either Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi. Da Nang was mentioned as a future destination, yet no specific information has been given yet.
Tigerair Taiwan serves the following destinations:
Fleet
The Tigerair Taiwan fleet consists of an all Airbus fleet (as of June 2016).
Tigerair Taiwan Fleet