Tigerair Taiwan - Wikipedia

Tigerair Taiwan is a low-cost carrier (LCC) based at Taoyuan International Airport. It was formed as a joint venture between China Airlines Group and Budget ... TigerairTaiwan FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch TigerairTaiwan IATA ICAO Callsign IT TTW SMARTCAT Founded2013;9 yearsago (2013)Commencedoperations26September2014HubsTaoyuanInternationalAirportFleetsize14Destinations21ParentcompanyChinaAirlinesGroup(100%)[1]Headquarters No3.,Alley123,Lane405,TunghwaN.Rd.,Taipei, 10548.Taiwan KeypeopleKevinChen(Chairman) SteveChang(GeneralManager) DennisLai(COO) TinaWang(CFO)Websitewww.tigerairtw.com TigerairTaiwan(Chinese:臺灣虎航;pinyin:TáiwānHǔháng)isalow-costcarrier(LCC)basedatTaoyuanInternationalAirport.ItwasformedasajointventurebetweenChinaAirlinesGroupandBudgetAviationHoldings. Priorto2016,ChinaAirlinesheld80percentofthesharewhileBudgetAviationHoldingsandMandarinAirlineseachheld10percent.[2]In2017,asTigerairSingaporemergedintoScoot,CAPAreportedthatChinaAirlineshadpurchasedBudgetAviationHoldings'10%stake,leavingChinaAirlinesanditssubsidiaryMandarinAirlinesasjointownersoftheairline.[3]ItistheonlyLCCinTaiwanfollowingthecollapseofTransAsiaAirwaysandVAirin2016andalsotheonlyairlineleftwithTigerairbranding,asTigerairAustraliaandtheresthadceasedoperationsbyendof2020. Contents 1History 2Livery 3Destinations 4Fleet 5Seealso 6References History[edit] Thissectiondoesnotciteanysources.Pleasehelpimprovethissectionbyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.(November2016)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) TaiwanwasthelastmajormarketinAsiatohavealow-costcarrier(LCC).Inearly2013,ChinaAirlinesandTransasiaAirwaysbecamethefirstTaiwanesecarrierstoexpressinterestinforminganLCC.ThefurtherreductioninentrybarriersbytheCivilAeronauticsAdministrationmadeitfavorableforthecreationofLCCs. InOctober2013,ChinaAirlineschairmanSunHung-HsiangannouncedthattheairlinewasintalkswithaforeignLCCtostartaLCCbasedinTaiwan.ThepartnershipwasmadepublicinDecember2013whenChinaAirlinescreatedanewjointventurewithSingaporeanlow-costcarrierTigerairtoestablishTigerairTaiwan.Aspartofthedeal,ChinaAirlineswouldholda90percentshareinthenewcarrierwithTigerAirwaysHoldingsowningtheother10percent.InMarch2014,ChinaAirlinessubsidiaryMandarinAirlinestookover10%ofitsparentcompany'sshareinTigerairTaiwan. InSeptember2014,TigerairTaiwanreceivedanAirOperator'sCertificatefromtheCivilAeronauticsAdministration.Theairlinethencommencedoperationson26September2014,withthefirstflightbeingfromTaoyuanInternationalAirporttoChangiAirport. Livery[edit] TigerairTaiwanAirbusA320-200 AllTigerairTaiwanaircraftweartheTigerairgroupliveryalongwhilehavingthewords"TAIWAN"paintedontotherearofthefuselage.Theairlineisthefirstinternationalcarriertohavetheword'Taiwan'aspartofacorporateliveryoracompanyname.[2] Destinations[edit] TigerairTaiwanservesthefollowingdestinations: Country/Region City Airport Notes Refs Japan Asahikawa AsahikawaAirport Fukuoka FukuokaAirport [4] Hakodate HakodateAirport [5] Ibaraki IbarakiAirport Nagoya ChubuCentrairInternationalAirport [4] Naha NahaAirport [6] Niigata NiigataAirport [7] Okayama OkayamaAirport [8] Osaka KansaiInternationalAirport [9] Sendai SendaiAirport [10] Tokyo HanedaAirport [11] NaritaInternationalAirport [12] Macau Macau MacauInternationalAirport Philippines Cebu Mactan–CebuInternationalAirport [13] Kalibo KaliboInternationalAirport PuertoPrincesa PuertoPrincesaInternationalAirport [14] SouthKorea Busan GimhaeInternationalAirport [15] Daegu DaeguInternationalAirport [16] Jeju JejuInternationalAirport [17] Taiwan Kaohsiung KaohsiungInternationalAirport Taichung TaichungInternationalAirport Taipei TaoyuanInternationalAirport Hub [18] Thailand Bangkok DonMueangInternationalAirport Fleet[edit] AsofApril2022,theTigerairTaiwanfleetconsistsofthefollowingaircraft:[19] TigerairTaiwanfleet Aircraft InFleet Orders Passengers Notes AirbusA320-200 11 — 180 Tobephasedoutfrom2023.TobereplacedbyAirbusA320neo. AirbusA320neo 3 12[20] 180 B-50021isthefirstofthetypedeliveredinMarch2021totheairline Total 14 12 Seealso[edit] Taiwanportal Companiesportal Aviationportal ListofairportsinTaiwan ListofairlinesofTaiwan ListofcompaniesofTaiwan TransportationinTaiwan AirtransportinTaiwan References[edit] ^Chen,Ted."TigerairTaiwanReturnedtoProfitLastMonth:CAL."TigerairTaiwanReturnedtoProfitLastMonth:CALTaipeiTimes,16Feb.2017.Web.16Mar.2017 ^abShih,Kai-Chin(20September2014)."LCCWarKicksOffInTaiwan:TigerairTaiwanandVAirReadyToTakeToTheSkies".talkairlines.Retrieved25September2014. ^"TigerairSingapore2017outlook:fleetexpansionresumesasbranddisappears,transittrafficgrows".CentreforAviation.Retrieved17January2017. ^ab"TigerairTaiwanAddsFukuoka/NagoyaServicefromlate-Jan2016". ^"tigerairTaiwanAddsHakodateFlightsfromAugust2016".routesonline.Retrieved31May2016. ^"tigerairTaiwantoStartTaipei-OkinawaServicefromlate-June2015".Airlineroute.net.20May2015. ^"TigerairTaiwanplanningNiigataservicefromMar-2020|CorporateTravelCommunity".8November2019. ^"tigerairTaiwanAddsOkayamaServicefromJuly2016".routesonline.Retrieved6June2016. ^"TigerairTaiwantoStartTaipei-OsakaServicefromJuly2015".Airlineroute.net.28May2015.Retrieved28May2015. ^"tigerairTaiwanPlansSendaiServicefromlate-June2016".airlineroute.Retrieved14April2016. ^"tigerairTaiwantoStartTaipeiTaoyuan-TokyoHanedaFlightsfromlate-Dec2015".Airlineroute.net.5November2015.Retrieved5November2015. ^"台灣虎航4月2日開航桃園-東京成田".CNYES.com.CNYES.com.Archivedfromtheoriginalon3April2015.Retrieved26March2015. ^News,ABS-CBN."TigerairTaiwanannouncesCebu-Taipeiflightswithseatsale".ABS-CBNNews.Retrieved2018-10-24. ^"AVIATION:TigerairtolaunchdirectflightstoPalawanIsland-TaipeiTimes".9April2019. ^"tigerairTaiwanplansBusanlaunchinJan2017".routesonline.Retrieved24November2016. ^"tigerairTaiwanAddsTaipei–DaeguServicefromMay2016".airlineroute.Retrieved29March2016. ^"tigerairTaiwanaddsJejuflightsfromMar2017".routesonline.Retrieved17February2017. ^"TigerairTaiwandestinations". ^"TigerairTaiwanFleetDetailsandhistory".Planespotters.14March2017.Retrieved22May2017. ^"TigerairTaiwanselectsA320neoforfleetrenewal". vteChinaAirlinesGroupAirlinesConventionalairlines ChinaAirlines(MemberofSkyTeam) Regionalairlines MandarinAirlines Low-costcarriers TigerairTaiwan Destinations ChinaAirlinesdestinations MandarinAirlinesdestinations TigerairTaiwandestinations Airportservices TaoyuanInternationalAirportServicesLimited(TIAS) TaiwanAirCargoTerminalsLimited(TACTL) ChinaPacificCateringServices(CPCS) Hotels NovotelTaipeiTaoyuanInternationalAirport Headquarters CALPark HistoryAccidentsandincidents Flight206(1970) Flight825(1971) Flight831(1978) AssassinationofBenignoAquinoJr.(1983) Flight006(1985) Flight2265(1986) Flight334(1986) Flight204(1989) Flight358(1991) Flight605(1993) Flight140(1994) Flight676(1998) Flight642(1999) Flight611(2002) Flight120(2007) Linkstorelatedarticles vteAirlinesofTaiwanActiveInternationalairlines ChinaAirlines EVAAir StarluxAirlines Domesticandregionalairlines DailyAir MandarinAirlines UniAir Low-costcarriers TigerairTaiwan Defunct BritishAsiaAirways CivilAirTransport FarEasternAirTransport FormosaAirlines GreatChinaAirlinesandTaiwanAirways TransAsiaAirways U-LandAirlines VAir Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tigerair_Taiwan&oldid=1080524172" Categories:ChinaAirlinesGroupChinaAirlinesAirlinesofTaiwanAirlinesestablishedin2013Low-costcarriersHiddencategories:ArticlescontainingtraditionalChinese-languagetextArticlesneedingadditionalreferencesfromNovember2016Allarticlesneedingadditionalreferences Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages BikolCentralČeštinaDeutschفارسیFrançais한국어BahasaIndonesiaBahasaMelayu日本語PortuguêsTagalogTiếngViệt中文 Editlinks