Tigerair Taiwan


Tigerair Taiwan is a low-cost carrier based at Taoyuan International Airport. The airline has a fleet of ten aircraft as of March 2017. 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 percent. In 2017, as Tigerair Singapore merged into Scoot, CAPA reported that China Airlines had purchased Budget Aviation Holdings' 10% stake, leaving China Airlines and its subsidiary Mandarin Airlines as joint owners of the airline.

History

Taiwan was the last major market in Asia to have a low-cost carrier. In early 2013, China Airlines and Transasia Airways became the first Taiwanese carriers to express interest in forming an LCC. 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 with Tiger Airways Holdings owning 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 an Air Operator's Certificate from the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The airline then commenced operations on 26 September 2014, with the first flight being from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Singapore Changi Airport.
V Air, a subsidiary of Transasia Airways, ceased operations at the end of September 2016, leaving Tigerair Taiwan as the only LCC based in Taiwan.

Livery

All Tigerair Taiwan aircraft wear 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 word 'Taiwan' as part of a corporate livery or a company name.

Destinations

Tigerair Taiwan serves the following destinations:
Country / RegionCityAirportNotesRefs
JapanAsahikawaAsahikawa Airport
JapanFukuokaFukuoka Airporthttp://airlineroute.net/2015/12/16/it-fukngo-jan16/
JapanHakodateHakodate Airport
JapanIbarakiIbaraki Airport
JapanNagoyaChubu Centrair International Airport
JapanNahaNaha Airport
JapanNiigataNiigata Airport
JapanOkayamaOkayama Airport
JapanOsakaKansai International Airport
JapanSendaiSendai Airport
JapanTokyoHaneda Airport
JapanTokyoNarita International Airport
MacauMacauMacau International Airport
PhilippinesCebuMactan-Cebu International Airport
PhilippinesKaliboKalibo International Airport
PhilippinesPuerto PrincesaPuerto Princesa International Airport
South KoreaBusanGimhae International Airport
South KoreaDaeguDaegu International Airport
South KoreaJejuJeju International Airport
TaiwanKaohsiungKaohsiung International Airport
TaiwanTaichungTaichung International Airport
TaiwanTaipeiTaoyuan International Airport
ThailandBangkokDon Mueang International Airport

Fleet

As of March 2020 the Tigerair Taiwan fleet consists of the following aircraft: