The new services to Amritsar, Chennai and Jaipur, will boost the SIA Group’s international network into India to 15 destinations, served by its mainline business, regional operation SilkAir, low-cost brand Tiger Airways and now its medium- and long-haul, low-cost unit, Scoot.
Leslie Thng, CEO of SilkAir, talks about the airline’s relationship with Singapore Airlines. This article appeared in our network development magazine, Routes News.
The airline, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, launched flights to Australia in March 2012 with the introduction of flights to Darwin supporting the strategy of its parent airline and allowing the group to grow its network in the country to six destinations: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The introduction of the Cairns route next year is an extension of this strategy.
The new service will place SilkAir in head-to-head competition with Jetstar Asia Airways which launched its own operations between Singapore and Hangzhou in March 2011.
