SIA-Scoot to restructure Chennai Bengaluru, Hyderabad services
As part of this move, SIA will offer daily morning and evening services to Bengaluru, SIA said in its first three months of FY2023/24 report on Thursday.
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SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its subsidiary low-cost Scoot will restructure their Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad services from October 29, subject to regulatory approvals, the airlines said on Thursday.
As part of this move, SIA will offer daily morning and evening services to Bengaluru, SIA said in its first three months of FY2023/24 report on Thursday.
The SIA Group said it will also increase its services between Singapore and Chennai from 17-times weekly to 21-times weekly, with Scoot commencing daily operations to the city after SIA transfers some of its Chennai services to the low-cost carrier from November 5, 2023.
In addition, SIA will progressively increase its weekly service between Singapore and Hyderabad from seven times weekly to 12 times weekly, taking over Scoot’s daily services between the two cities.
These adjustments are part of the continuous review of the SIA Group’s network, and reflect its ability and flexibility to adjust operations between SIA and Scoot to meet evolving customer demand.
These were among updates on its operations as the Group posted a net profit of 734 million Singaporean dollars in the first three months of FY2023/24, the highest quarterly performance in its history, amid robust demand for air travel through the mid-year school holidays and the start of the summer travel season.
Group passenger capacity expanded by 32.4 per cent year-on-year as restrictions on international air travel eased globally.
SIA and Scoot carried 8.4 million passengers during the quarter, 65.5 per cent higher than a year before, with strong demand across all route regions and market segments. Passenger traffic and load factors improved across all markets, with the year-on-year traffic growth of 49 per cent outpacing the capacity expansion.
