Tiger Airways offers more than 20,000 seats at zero dollar fares

Singapore (ANTARA News) - Low-cost carrier Tiger Airways offered 20,000 seats at zero dollar fares for immediate booking Monday for travel between Singapore and Thailand and the city-state and Malaysia in celebration of the Leap Year.

The free seats are for one-way travel and exclude taxes and fees, said the Singapore Airlines-backed Tiger.

The zero fare bookings through March 2 for flights between April 1 and May 31 apply to Singapore to Bangkok, Padang, Phuket and Singapore to Malaysia's capital of Kuala Lumpur.

Fares from 19.99 Singapore dollars (14 US dollars) apply to flights from Singapore to Chennai, Ho Chi Minh City, Shenzhen and Xiamen.

"Tiger Airways passengers have enjoyed great low fares for 365 days of each of the past three years," chief commercial and marketing officer Rosalynn Tay was quoted by DPA as saying.

"With the leap year in 2008, passengers can enjoy" deals for 366 days. (*)