Airlines Scoot takes over additional SilkAir routes

SilkAir, which is the regional airline of Singapore Airlines (SIA), will be transferring its services from Singapore Airport to to Langkawi in Malaysia, Pekanbaru in Indonesia and Kalibo in the Philippines to Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary.

According to a statement, published by both airlines the transfer of the three services to Scoot should optimise aircraft utilisation within the SIA Group, at the same time better matching travel demand.

“We are constantly reviewing our route operations to ensure optimisation of the SIA Group’s resources. The transfer of these three services, Langkawi, Pekanbaru and Kalibo, is a move to do just that and also presents a better match of capacity to demand,” commented Mr. Foo Chai Woo, Chief Executive SilkAir.

After the merger of Scoot and the former regional low cost subsidiary Tigerair, Scoot is the only low cost carrier in the SIA Group. The carrier commenced operations in 2012 and currently operates a fleet of two Airbus A319, twenty-three Airbus A320, ten Boeing 787-8 and six B787-9. With the addition of Pekanbaru, as well as Kuantan and Berlin which will be launched in February and June 2018 respectively, Scoot’s network will span 66 cities across 18 countries/territories. The announced transfer of the three former SilkAir routes shows, that Scoot has changed its business model from only long-haul to short-, medium- and long-haul low cost flights.