SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) new low-cost carrier (LCC), Scoot, will operate on medium and longhaul routes, including to Australasia and China, with longer term plans to fly to India, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
The airline, which will operate from Changi Airport Terminal 2, will begin services from mid-2012 with a single Boeing 777-200 aircraft, before expanding its fleet to four 777-200s within three months and 14 by mid-2016 (TTG Asia e-Daily, October 12).
Flights will be available for booking in the early part of 2012, and airfares will be up to 40 per cent cheaper than legacy carriers.
Scoot is expected to compete with AirAsia X, the longhaul subsidiary of budget carrier AirAsia, which recently entered into a partnership with Malaysia Airlines (TTG Asia e-Daily, August 10).
SIA already has a shorthaul, full-service arm called SilkAir, which operates to regional destinations and has a stake in another LCC, Tiger Airways.
