Fly to Singapore from six cities, including Chennai, for just $50 or Rs 2,700, inclusive of all taxes.
This is nearly the price of a second class AC train fare to New Delhi from Chennai.
Promotional offer
This is a promotional offer from the Singapore-based low cost carrier, Tiger Airways, which is celebrating five years of its Indian operations.
The rider is that there will be only 10 seats to grab in each flight.
The airline will offer the promotional fares for sale from March 7 to 13 for travel between July 1 and November 13, said Kaneswaran Avili, Commercial Director, Tiger Airways.
The current fare to Singapore is around Rs 8,000, he told newspersons.
“This is only to celebrate our presence in India for the last few years,” he said.
Since the start of its operations to Chennai in October 2007, the airline has carried over 1.4 million travellers between Singapore and India.
With its A320 type aircraft, it connects Singapore with Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Tiruchi.
The airline is looking at other locations such as Kolkata and Madurai, he said.
Tiger Airways operates 11 flights a week out of Chennai, and totally 41 flights a week from all destinations.
The airline has recently undertaken several initiatives to strengthen its presence in India.
In December, it entered into an alliance with Via.com, a leading online travel network, to offer Indian customers Tiger Airways flights through the Web site’s offline distribution network of 20,000 travel agents in 2,400 cities.
corporate packages
The airline also launched corporate packages in collaboration with Via.com targeted at the business community.
The package includes deals such as free 25 kg check-in baggage, priority boarding and change-fee waivers for any flight changes up to four hours before departure, says a company press release.