Tigerair and Cebu Pacific Air integrate their flight networks while Tigerair Philippines begins flights to General Santos and Cagayan de Oro

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals

Tigerair Philippines, the new Cebu Pacific Air subsidiary, will add four new domestic destinations in November 2014 as it expands its route network in the Philippines.

Tigerair Philippines launches flights from Manila to Davao and General Santos on 20 November 2014, using Airbus A320 aircraft after it receives airframe from its parent Cebu Pacific Air.

The airline will also launch a twice a week flights from its Cebu hub to Davao and Cagayan de Oro on 29 November 2014.

Meanwhile, Cebu Pacific Air and Tigerair have completed the implementation of their interline agreement which will create the third biggest flight network from the the Asia Pacific region next to Air Asia Berhad of Malaysia and Lion Air of Indonesia. 

Tigerair Singapore and Cebu Pacific Air announced plans to enter a strategic alliance on 8 January 2014 to improve their competitiveness amidst the looming ASEAN Open Skies in 2015. 

The interline agreement extends to all their networks, opening up a wide array of new destinations for their respective passengers.

The airline alliance will bring new destinations in Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives and Thailand.

Tigerair will market and sell domestic Cebu Pacific flights on its website from 23 July 2014 while Cebu Pacific Air will sell Tigerair seats on the website of Cebu Pacific from September 2014.