Scoot and Tigerair complete merger – will fly as Scoot

Subsequent to Scoot and Tigerair starting to integrate their reservation systems, flight schedules and connections, conditions of carriage, check-in counters and call centers in May 2016, on the 25th of this month the integrations were completed and the two carriers have now merged under the single brand name, Scoot. The Scoot designator code of TZ has now been re-designated as TR. Tigerair began in 2003 as an independent airline based out of Singapore Changi Airport, however in 2014, the carrier’s parent company, Tiger Airways Holdings, became a subsidiary of the Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) after a 56% controlling stake was acquired. Tigerair’s fleet of 31 aircraft, comprising 27 Airbus and eight Boeing jets have been transferred to Scoot.
Scoot is the low-cost medium-to-long haul branch of SIA and is managed by Budget Aviation Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of SIA which was created in May 2016 to own and manage both Scoot and Tigerair. The low-cost carrier was established in 2012 and it owns and operates the world’s first all-787 Dreamliner fleet, which operates between Singapore and Sydney, Gold Coast, Bangkok, Taipei, Tokyo, Tianjin, Shenyang, Nanjing, Qingdao, Seoul, Hong Kong, Perth, Osaka, Kaohsiung, Hangzhou, Melbourne, Guangzhou, Jeddah, Chennai, Amritsar, Sapporo, Dalian and Athens. Scoot and Tigerair offer a combined network of 60 destinations over 17 countries across the Asia Pacific and both airlines are part of Value Alliance, the world’s first pan-regional low-cost carrier alliance.