Low-cost airlines from Singapore, Tigerair, will close on routes to Colombo on the next month just from one year after the opened operation flight to the capital city of Sri Lanka, must due becouse low yield. Tigerair will not accept booking tickets to Colombo after August and the management said that the closure is only temporary.
Many people have questioned the reason for closing this route. In fact, this route was opened on May 31, 2012 with three flights a week. Then increased flight frequency to four flights a week on September as demand increases.
Tigerair also said that the field level seats on the Singapore-Colombo flight reached 85 percent. However, the company still difficult to make profits because they can not raise ticket prices. It is inversely proportional the flight to India that can bring in a lot of passengers and make a profit.