Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited (SATS) has announced that it has formed a new subsidiary – Asia-Pacific Star Pte Ltd – to offer low-cost ground handling services for low-cost carriers (LCCs) at Singapore Changi Airport and further afield in the region. A wholly-owned subsidiary of SATS, Asia-Pacific Star will provide point-to-point ground handling services such as passenger, ramp and baggage handling, and aircraft interior cleaning with shorter turnaround time. It will begin operating at the Budget Terminal from 1 April 2009 and will provide passenger, ramp and baggage handling services to Tiger Airways and Cebu Pacific at the Budget Terminal.