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Tiger Airways has received approval from authorities to commence daily services to Langkawi and up to 3 services a day to Penang from Singapore. The announcement of the further growth of the Tiger Airways network continues the expansion of Tiger Airways across the region which will now serve over 34 destinations, 7 of which have commenced this year.

Rosalynn Tay, Managing Director of Tiger Airways Singapore, said "Tiger Airways continues to buck the global aviation trend. Over the last four months we have added 7 routes to our group network including daily flights to Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, a new daily service between Singapore and Jakarta, more services on the ever popular Singapore - Kuala Lumpur route, as well as 4 extra flights a week to Guangzhou bringing the total number of weekly services to 11. Now we are adding Langkawi and Penang to our network to continue to be the low fare leader in Asia."

Tiger Airways will announce the flight schedule to Langkawi and Penang in the near future.

Rosalynn Tay said "we will be announcing our flight schedule to Penang and Langkawi shortly. I can guarantee you that Tiger Airways famous low low fares will be certain on the new routes. Just look at the difference we have made to the KL and Jakarta routes - fares start from just $25 including taxes and charges!"

Tiger Airways congratulated the governments of Singapore and Malaysia in progressing liberalization for the benefit of the tourism industry and the economy as a whole.

Rosalynn Tay said "the governments of Malaysia and Singapore, through liberalizing their skies, are ensuring that the job creating tourism industry and the economy as whole can benefit from growth that is stimulated from true low fare competition. These latest rights will bring more tourists and provide cheaper travel for businesses to assist in growing the economy. Three cheers to liberalization!"