KUALA LUMPUR: Scoot, the low-cost carrier of the Singapore Airlines Group will commence daily flights to Kota Kinabalu - Singapore services in December 2019.
This new route follows the carrier's three times weekly flight Kota Bharu-Singapore services which will start in July 2019 upon getting regulatory approval.
Kota Bharu and Kota Kinabalu will be Scoot’s seventh and eighth destinations respectively in Malaysia, after Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan, Kuching, Langkawi, and Penang.
"We are thrilled to expand our network in Malaysia as it is a very important market to us.
"This beautiful country has so much to offer and with these two new routes – Kota Kinabalu and Kota Bharu, travellers will be able to ‘Escape the Ordinary’ with our unique Scootitude experience on board,” Scoot’s chief commercial officer Vinod Kannan said in a statement.
The Kota Kinabalu - Singapore route is one of 17 routes that SilkAir will be transferring progressively to Scoot from 2019 to 2020, as part of a detailed Singapore Airlines Group network review to better meet evolving customer needs.
Scoot took to the skies in June 2012 and merged with Tigerair Singapore in July 2017, retaining the Scoot brand and positioning it well for a new chapter of growth.
The new Kota Bharu-Singapore route will also provide Scoot a unique edge, being the sole operator from Singapore to fly directly to Kota Bharu.
Scoot currently serves a network of 66 destinations across 18 countries and territories, with 17 more destinations from Laos, India, China, Malaysia and Indonesia to join the network by the second half of 2020.
The carrier has a mixed fleet of 18 widebody Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 29 Airbus 320 family aircraft, with two more Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 37 Airbus A320neo aircraft on order.
Flights for Scoot’s Kota Bharu-Singapore services will go on sale once regulatory approvals are received.
Source: New Straits Times | 18 January 2019
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