Tigerair Taiwan

Tigerair Taiwan 臺灣 虎 航
IATA code :	IT
ICAO code :	TTW
Call sign :	SMART CAT
Founding:	2013
Seat:	Taipei , Taiwan
Home airport :	Taiwan Taoyuan Airport
IATA prefix code :	608
Management:	James Yu ( CEO )
Fleet size:	11
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.tigerair.com

Tigerair Taiwan ( Chinese  臺灣 虎 航 , Pinyin Táiwān Hǔháng ) is a low-cost Taiwanese airline based in Taipei and based at Taiwan Taoyuan Airport .

history

As the last significant Asian market, Taiwan did not have a low-cost airline. In early 2013, China Airlines and TransAsia Airways expressed an interest in it, and in December 2013, China Airlines formed a joint venture with Tigerair Singapore.

The first flight was from Taiwan Taoyuan Airport to Singapore Airport on September 26, 2014 .

Destinations

Tigerair Taiwan focuses on destinations in Southeast and East Asia .

fleet

As of March 2020, the Tigerair Taiwan fleet consists of eleven aircraft with an average age of 5.0 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks
Airbus A320-200	11	-	nine with Sharklets equipped

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Tigerair Taiwan  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tigerair website (including Chinese, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tigerair.com - Destination Map (English), accessed on December 5, 2015
2. ^ Tigerair Taiwan Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 28, 2020 (English).