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SINGAPORE : Budget carrier Tiger Airways cancelled nearly half of its flights out of Singapore on Friday due to technical faults with its aircraft.

Online flight status information provided by Changi Airport showed that 15 out of 33 flights scheduled to depart on Friday had been cancelled.

It is estimated that as many as 2,700 passengers may have been affected.

The cancellations affected flights to Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Jakarta, Phuket, Krabi, Bangkok, Perth, Chennai and Macau.

Responding to queries from Channel NewsAsia, the Singapore-based low cost carrier said two of its Airbus A320 aircraft have experienced technical issues over the past few weeks and were grounded for extended checks and maintenance.

The technical issues included faults with the electrical supply to the braking system of one aircraft, while the second aircraft experienced fuel tank contamination.

One of the aircraft had to be sent back to Airbus' headquarters in Toulouse, France.

The carrier said this has caused significant disruption to its flight programme, which have resulted in the rescheduling and cancellation of flights.

Tiger Airways has a total of 19 Airbus A320 aircraft in its fleet. Ten are operated from Singapore, and the remaining nine from Australia.

A Tiger spokesperson said passengers have been offered various alternative options such as refunds and alternative flights.

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The cancelled flights are as follows:

TR2152 / Phuket
TR2104 / Bangkok
TR2182 / Krabi
TR2544 / Kuala Lumpur
TR2456 / Kuala Lumpur
TR2716 / Perth
TR2636 / Chennai
TR2908 / Macau
TR2426 / Penang
TR2108 / Bangkok
TR2154 / Phuket
TR2272 / Jakarta
TR2638 / Chennai
TR2652 / Bangalore
TR2462 / Kuala Lumpur

I happened to be booked on TR2428 / 30SEP / SINPEN but was cancelled and was rebooked onto TR2426 / 01OCT, which was also subsequently cancelled.