Review of Tiger Airways flight Hyderabad Singapore in Economy

Airline Tiger Airways
Flight TR2636
Class Economy
Seat 5A
Aircraft Airbus A320
Flight time 04:35
Take-off 09 Jan 14, 01:40
Arrival at 09 Jan 14, 08:45
TR 39 reviews
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By SILVER 672
Published on 5th November 2020

Trip Report: Hyderabad - Singapore on Tiger Airways


Flight Details:
Airline: Tiger Airways
Flight No: TR2636
Reg: 9V-TRG
Aircraft: Airbus A320-232
Departure Hyderabad (HYD): 1:40 AM
Arrival Singapore (SIN): 8:45 AM
Time: 04h 35m
Distance: 3302 km or 2052 miles


Introduction


This trip report is from Jan 2014. I was returning to Sydney via Hyderabad and Singapore. I had arrived from Mumbai on Jet Airways: Read: Trip Report: Mumbai - Hyderabad on Jet Airways


Video: Tiger Airways TR2636 Hyderabad to Singapore



Arriving at Airport


I went to Shilparamam artisan village and then went for buffet dinner at Swagath-De-Royal, Kothaguda Cross Road Cyberabad, Hyderabad,

After a heavy dinner. I waited for airport bus. Hyderabad airport is out of city and it took 1 hr to reach.

Arrived at the airport by 11p.m. There was a big crowd waiting to farewell relatives and friends. Showed my ticket and passport, entered the check-in area.


Check-in


Queue was short as I had arrived early. I had paid for the luggage while booking ticket, no issues with weight. Got my boarding pass,


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ImmiGration and Security


I went straight  for security checks and immigration. The immigration guy asked if Singapore immigration would allow me to go out as I have next flight after 12hrs. Flipping through the pages, He took a while to stamp the passport.

I answered his question that I would receive visa on arrival, he let me go.

Security check was fine as I had sorted my things before passing the x-ray.


Waiting Area


I was early and walked around and then waited for activity to start near the boarding area.


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Flight Schedule for that morning, as most of the departure for the day had left.


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Empty terminal, while waiting for flight to arrive from Singapore.


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Duty free area was not busy.


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Not much activity was happening in this section. Terminal was clean.


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Gate signage.


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Duty free area was quiet.


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I had my dinner before arriving at the airport, stores were closing.


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Greenery in the airport.


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PLaneSpotting


Malaysian arrives from Kuala Lumpur. not much else was happening on the airside of the International section.


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Tiger Airways arrives from Singapore. Glass reflection made it difficult to take a clear picture.


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Video: Waiting for flight



Boarding Call


Soon it was boarding time. Started walking back to the boarding area.


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Enough seating space available for time of day.


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Boarding


Boarding call was made on time. Flight was to depart from gate 38A..


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As I reached the counter, the security person told me get the bags tag stamped, Realising security guy didn't stamp the bag tag.I also had forgotten about this procedure at Indian airport. I had to go back from boarding area to get the stamp. Lucky it wasn't busy and I could return quickly.


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View of Tiger at the gate from the aerobridge after passing the boarding pass check


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Onboard


On boarding, Crew directed passengers to their seats. I was seated in the front section. Window view of neighbouring gate.

My neighbour was a family with kids, who disturbed my sleep. Lucky this was a short 4 hr flight.


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Pushback and TAxi


Flight was full. Soon after door closure,  Crew began the safety demonstration manually. Checked the cabin and took their seat for departure.


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Video: Departure Hyderabad


After pushback and long taxi, Aircraft was on hold for airport crew to check runway before departing.



Inflight


Soon after take off, crew switched off the light, and there was no further service. I tried to sleep, but the kid in the neighbour seat had spread out with head on father lap and legs towards me, which was disturbing my sleep. As the cabin lights were dark and everyone was quiet, I didn't say anything.


SEAT POCKET MATERIAL


Seat pocket content. contained the safety card, inflight magazine, duty-free catalogue and menu


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Tiger Airways Safety card - Airbus A320 version 4


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Tiger Tales - inflight magazine


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Window view


With disturbed sleep, I waited for arrival, checked outside the window  to see daybreak.


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Video: Window View


Soon it was sunrise, Cabin light turned on.



Crew began buy on board service. Not much sale as most passengers were still resting.


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Arrival in Singapore


Captain came on speaker and announced descend had commenced, crew began cleaning and conducted check before landing.


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VidEO: Landing in Singapore



Landing was smooth, after short taxi arrived at Terminal 2.


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Aircraft details.


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Immigration and Baggage Collection


After arrival at Terminal 2, walked to the immigration counter. As it was early morning, there was a small queue, Immigration didn't ask anything, stamped my passport and I was away to collect bag.


Exiting The Arrival Area


After collecting bag, I passed through the green channel, I had transit of 12 hrs so dropped my bag in leftover  baggage and headed for breakfast.

I hope you enjoyed the report.

Thanks for reading.

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Verdict

Tiger Airways

5.8/10
Cabin7.0
Cabin crew6.0
Entertainment/wifi5.0
Buy-on-board menu5.0

Hyderabad - HYD

7.0/10
Efficiency7.0
Access7.0
Services7.0
Cleanliness7.0

Singapore - SIN

7.5/10
Efficiency7.5
Access7.5
Services7.5
Cleanliness7.5

Conclusion

Tiger Airways was efficient, flight departed and arrived on time. Cabin crew hardly had interaction or service as cabin light was off for most of the flight was in dark. Hyderabad was clean, and service was efficient. Singapore airport was efficient, was able to pass immigration, collect bag in short time.
Overall a satisfactory trip.

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