Singapore Airlines to Introduce Third Daily Services to Delhi

One of the premier full service carriers, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced to boost the frequency of its flights between Singapore and India’s capital, New Delhi. 

The news of the carrier strengthening its frequency between Singapore and India has certainly delighted flyers from the UK and rest of the Europe as they now have even more flexibility to grab tickets for travelling to Singapore via India. 

Presently, the carrier offers tickets on two daily flights destined for India’s capital city and it is all set to increase its daily services to India from 27 October. Furthermore, the airline is expected to deploy its sleek Boeing 777 airliners to route its third weekly service on the popular route! 

The airline endeavours to accommodate the winter rush from the Northern Winter operating season that spans from 27 October 2013 to 29 March 2014. 

From 27 October 2013, SIA and its regional arm, SilkAir will offer tickets on a total of 107 weekly flights to 11 destinations in India including Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram and Visakhapatnam.

In a recent development, the carrier also announced the launch the next generation and the world’s most advanced in-flight entertainment system to date, KrisWorld on Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in the coming months.

Based at the Changi Airport, SIA offers tickets on international flights to Asia, North America, Australasia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

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Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia Extend Codeshare

Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia are looking to further blossom their romance by expanding their code-share agreement! The two carriers will be extending their pact by providing flights to more destinations in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United Kingdom. The code share has been extended to Virgin Australia’s domestic connections, with immediate effect. This means that customers seeking tickets with SIA will now have access to 32 cities in Australia.

Further, Singapore’s flag carrier will be expanding the code-share to cover trans-Tasman flights between Australia and the New Zealand cities of Dunedin, Queenstown and Wellington. This will happen in the coming few months and will thus offer convenient connections to tickets buyers. 

On its part, in the first quarter of 2013, Virgin Australia will inflate its code share with SIA and will offer tickets on flights connections from the East Coast of Australia to Europe, the United Kingdom and additional destinations in Asia, via SIA’s hub at Singapore. Currently, Virgin has code sharing on SIA flights to Europe and the United Kingdom and offers tickers from Australian cities of Adelaide, Perth and Darwin. In totality, VA patrons seeking tickets will be able to enjoy connections to 64 destinations in Asia and 12 destinations in the Europe on the SIA and SilkAir networks from different parts of Australia.

The wide-ranging codeshare between the two carriers was forged last year. Apart from codesharing on flights, the alliance allows reciprocal frequent-flyer program benefits and lounge access to tickets holders. Moreover, for the ease of tickets seekers looking for flights connections, coordinated schedules are provided by the carriers.

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Flyers Smile As Singapore Airlines Enhances Flights from India

European travellers planning to book flights to Singapore will soon have added flight options when it comes to taking connecting flights via India.

Singapore Airlines, the flag carrier of Singapore, is contemplating to enhance the number of flights to India in its coming winter schedule starting from October. In addition, the national carrier is contemplating to run flights from new destinations.

   

India is an important market for the airline. Currently, the carrier is operating 85 weekly from 10 cities but it will increase its flights to 93. From October 20, the airline’s low-cost arm SilkAir will launch nonstop flights from Visakhapatnam, a port city in South India to the city-state. The new services would be operated with Airbus A319 and A320.

Given the increased number of flights between India and Singapore, foreign vacationers will get ample of flight options for a seamless connectivity between the countries. On the other hand, it will also increase the chances for budget travellers to net cheap flight tickets between the destinations as more number of options will be available.

In an attempt to render world-class services to its premium class fliers, SIA also recently inaugurated a new ‘SilverKris Lounge' at Terminal 3 of the IGI airport in Delhi.

The lounge is designed for carrier’s passengers with first and business class tickets, PPS Club, KrisFlyer Elite Gold and Star Alliance Gold members and it promises a rewarding experience to passengers on connecting flights to Delhi.

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Singapore Airlines to set up low-cost carrier

A new low-cost, no-frills airline is being set up by Singapore Airlines, with the aim of offering affordable air travel throughout Asia and beyond, the airline has said.

Cash-conscious travellers will soon be able to benefit from cheap flights on offer from Singapore Airlines' new low-cost partner.
Both medium and long-haul routes will be served by the as-yet-unnamed airline, which is being set up in response to the growing demand among consumers for low-fare travel.

The first flights are expected to begin within the next 12 months, and more details including the range of routes on offer, will be confirmed "in due course", the airline's owners SIA Group added.

Goh Choon Phong, chief executive officer of SIA, said: "As we have observed on short-haul routes within Asia, low-fare airlines help stimulate demand for travel, and we expect this will also prove true for longer flights."

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