Scoot to operate flights to Singapore from October 27
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Coimbatore:18.01.2019
Scoot, the lowcost arm of Singapore Airlines, will replace SilkAir’s operations by operating flights between Coimbatore and Singapore five days a week from October 27. The flight will be operated on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “It will take off from the Coimbatore airport at 11pm and reach Singapore at 6am. It will leave Singapore at 8.20 pm and land in Coimbatore at 10.10pm,” a release said. As a promotional offer, the airline has announced a limited-time sale on flights booked till January 28, offering tickets as low as ₹4,500 for a one-way ticket.
While this would mean cheaper flights to the popular south-east Asian country, travel agents fear of business travellers shunning it due to the lack of a business class.
“While SilkAir’s tickets to Singapore cost around ₹20,000 to ₹22,000, a ticket on Scoot could be bought for about ₹15,000 to₹16,000, making it much cheaper for frequent travellers and tourists in the region,” said C Vishnu Vasanth Kumar, executive director of Emperor Traveline.
“However, a lot of businessmen from the city, Tirupur and Erode, frequently fly to Singapore, United States, Australia and Europe via this flight. They are used to flying only business class. They do not want to travel with cramped leg space, buy on flight meals and collect their luggage in Singapore and recheck it for the next leg. These flyers will choose to fly out of Kochi or Chennai instead,” he told TOI. The Travel Agents Association of Coimbatore had recently submitted a petition to Singapore Airlines to not completely replace SilkAir with Scoot along with letters from industrial bodies such as the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Tirupur Exporters Association and CODISSIA.
Besides Coimbatore, Scoot has announced new flights to Thiruvananthapuram and Visakhapatnam from May.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Coimbatore:18.01.2019
Scoot, the lowcost arm of Singapore Airlines, will replace SilkAir’s operations by operating flights between Coimbatore and Singapore five days a week from October 27. The flight will be operated on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “It will take off from the Coimbatore airport at 11pm and reach Singapore at 6am. It will leave Singapore at 8.20 pm and land in Coimbatore at 10.10pm,” a release said. As a promotional offer, the airline has announced a limited-time sale on flights booked till January 28, offering tickets as low as ₹4,500 for a one-way ticket.
While this would mean cheaper flights to the popular south-east Asian country, travel agents fear of business travellers shunning it due to the lack of a business class.
“While SilkAir’s tickets to Singapore cost around ₹20,000 to ₹22,000, a ticket on Scoot could be bought for about ₹15,000 to₹16,000, making it much cheaper for frequent travellers and tourists in the region,” said C Vishnu Vasanth Kumar, executive director of Emperor Traveline.
“However, a lot of businessmen from the city, Tirupur and Erode, frequently fly to Singapore, United States, Australia and Europe via this flight. They are used to flying only business class. They do not want to travel with cramped leg space, buy on flight meals and collect their luggage in Singapore and recheck it for the next leg. These flyers will choose to fly out of Kochi or Chennai instead,” he told TOI. The Travel Agents Association of Coimbatore had recently submitted a petition to Singapore Airlines to not completely replace SilkAir with Scoot along with letters from industrial bodies such as the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Tirupur Exporters Association and CODISSIA.
Besides Coimbatore, Scoot has announced new flights to Thiruvananthapuram and Visakhapatnam from May.
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