SilkAir is set to transfer some of its routes to Scoot between April next year and the second half of 2020, ahead of its merger into Singapore Airlines (SQ). Scoot will also transfer some of its services to existing destinations served by SQ and SilkAir.
The changes, which are subject to regulatory approvals, are
planned as follows:
From SilkAir to Scoot:
- Luang Prabang and Vientiane in Laos, in April
- Coimbatore, Trivandrum and Visakhapatnam in India, between May and October 2019
- Changsha, Fuzhou, Kunming and Wuhan in China, between May and June 2019
- Chiang Mai in Thailand, in October 2019
- Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, in December 2019
- Balikpapan, Lombok, Makassar, Manado, Semarang and Yogyakarta in Indonesia, between May 2020 and July 2020
From Scoot to SQ:
- Bengaluru and Chennai in India, in May 2019 and May 2020
From Scoot to SilkAir:
- Shenzhen in China, from June 2019
- Kochi in India, from October 2019
Customers with existing bookings will be given the option to switch to the new Scoot, SQ or SilkAir flights where possible, or be offered a refund.
Singapore Airlines has also announced that in May, its regional wing SilkAir will undergo an investment programme to upgrade its cabin products ahead of its eventual merger into SQ. The programme will see SilkAir’s cabins fitted with new lie-flat seats in business class, and the installation of seat-back in-flight entertainment systems in both business and economy class.
