SILKAIR has revealed deployment plans for the Boeing 737-800 aircraft it has on order, the first of which will be delivered in February 2014.
The aircraft will have a two-class 162-seat configuration with 12 seats in business class and 150 seats in economy, and offers greater efficiency and longer range than SilkAir’s current fleet of Airbus 320s and 319s.
Starting April 28, the B737-800 will be deployed to Siem Reap and Danang.
Other destinations that will be served using the B737-800 include Davao, Cebu and Kochi (May 26), Xiamen (August 25), Shenzhen (September 29), Phnom Penh (September 30), Chengdu (October 1), Darwin (October 2), Bengaluru (October 4) and Kolkata (October 21).
SilkAir will also launch thrice-weekly services to two destinations, Kalibo, starting May 27, followed by Mandalay starting June 10. Two of the services to Kalibo will be operated via Cebu on the outbound leg and one service will operate non-stop to Kalibo but transit Cebu on the return leg.
All three weekly services to Mandalay will be operated via Yangon on the outbound leg and return non-stop to Singapore. With this new route, the number of weekly services to Yangon will increase from the current seven to 10.
SilkAir has also ordered 31 of the more advanced B737-MAX 8s and the first of these will be delivered in 2017.
