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Jetstar Asia is the Asian offshoot of Qantas Airways, and the third Low-cost carrier to be launched in Singapore. Qantas owns 49.9% of the airline, with the other stakes held by the Singapore government's Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (19%) and two prominent Singaporean businessmen, Tony Chew (22%) and FF Wong (10%). It received its air operator's certificate from the Singapore government on 19 November 2004

The airline took delivery of its first Airbus A320 on 10 November 2004, and expects two more planes to arrive in the next few weeks in time for its first flights in December of the same year. These planes are leased from Boullioun Aviation Services Inc.

Due to its belated entry into the market, the airline intends to diffrentiate itself from its competitors by flying further anywhere within a 5-hour radius from Singapore. On 25 November 2004, the airline annouced seven routes to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Pattaya, Jakarta, Surabaya and ManilaFor other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). Manila Maynila in Filipino) is the capital city of the Philippines. The city stands on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon. Despite pockets of grinding poverty, it is one of t, the most ambitious startup plan compared to any of its Asian rivals, and will already give it the widest international coverage.

1 See also

• Jetstar AirwaysFor the aircraft, see Lockheed JetStar. Jetstar Airways is an Australian domestic low-cost airline launched in 2004. Jetstar is a subsidiary of Qantas Airways, created in response to the threat posed by low-cost airline Virgin Blue. Although owned by Qant

2 External link

• Jetstar Asia official website