Scoot has revealed plans for a major push into India with the launch of flights to three destinations: Chennai, Amritsar and Jaipur.
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“We are a very young airline, just four years old, but have always been interested in the Indian market”.
The long-haul, low-cost, wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines will also operate flights to Jaipur in the latter part of the year, its country head, Bharath Mahadevan said. Scoot’s entry is resulting in some capacity adjustments and Scoot is taking over Tigerair’s flight between Singapore and Chennai.
Scoot will operate a daily flight to Chennai with a Boeing 787-800 aircraft. “One-way economy fares from Chennai, Amritsar and Jaipur start from $64 to Singapore and $189 to Sydney, $179 and $459 for ScootBiz to Singapore and Sydney respectively”, Scoot said in a statement. Services to Jaipur will be launched from October 2, ” Mahadevan told PTI.
Indian skies will soon open up to a new foreign carrier, Scoot, the low-priced and medium haul arm of Singapore Airlines group.
“In fact, we have more direct worldwide flights out of India than any other Indian carrier as well except Air India Ltd, ” Mahadevan said.
Budget carrier Scoot is entering the Indian market in a big way, offering new destinations and options for travellers.
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Tata Sons holds a majority stake of 51 per cent in the company, while Singapore Airlines holds the rest. Singapore Airlines flew to Amritsar for four years till 2008 but withdrew as it felt there was less demand for a full-service airline on the route. The return services will then depart at 1320 and land in Singapore at 2145. The world’s first all-787 Dreamliner fleet operates between Singapore and Sydney, Gold Coast, Bangkok, Taipei, Tokyo, Tianjin, Shenyang, Nanjing, Qingdao, Seoul, Hong Kong, Perth, Osaka, Kaohsiung, Hangzhou, Melbourne and Guangzhou, and will soon add Jeddah and Sapporo, apart from Chennai, Amritsar, Jaipur. “The SIA Group is the largest foreign airline in India in terms of reach as SIA, Scoot, Silk and Tiger will fly to 15 cities in the country”.
