Tiger Airways says it reported strong passenger volumes and load factors in July 2010. The number of passengers in July grew 42% over last year to 523,000. The average load factor across both airlines in Asia and Australia for the month was up 4 percentage points to 89%.

From August 2009 to July 2010, a total of 5.4 million passengers flew with Tiger Airways, an increase of 51% over the 3.6 million passengers who booked in the preceding 12 months.

Average load factor for the 12-month period to July 2010 was at 86%, an increase of 5 percentage points year-on- year.

Tony Davis, President and Group CEO of Tiger Airways Holdings, says, “...Externally, the robust economic performance and outlook in the Asia Pacific has significantly boosted demand for air services, especially on the routes operated by Tiger Airways. In addition, our recently increased frequencies and new routes to points in China are seeing very high demand... New services are being introduced to Taipei, Trichy and Trivandrum, and frequencies are being increased on existing services to China — including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. We are also increasing services in Australia with the commencement of services from Avalon Airport in November.”