Singapore Airlines to boost Kolkata services

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will introduce a 5th weekly flight to Kolkata, India, from 29 March 2020.

Currently, SIA operates four weekly flights and SilkAir operates 3 weekly flights to Kolkata.

SIA’s Kolkata services will continue to be operated by the Airbus A350-900 medium haul aircraft, which is equipped with the Airline’s latest regional cabin products for Business Class and Economy Class [1].

“SIA’s A350-900 medium haul aircraft has been warmly received by customers since its introduction on the Singapore-Kolkata route in June 2019. We are pleased to increase our services to Kolkata with this new generation aircraft by adding a weekly frequency from March 2020,” said senior vice president Marketing Planning, Tan Kai Ping.

In addition to Kolkata, SIA operates to five other points in India – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi. Scoot, SIA’s low-cost subsidiary, operates to seven points in India.

These are Amritsar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Trivadrum, Tiruchirappalli and Visakhapatnam.

SilkAir will continue to operate to four points in India – Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi. From 29 March 2020, the SIA Group airlines will operate more than 140 weekly flights to India.

Flight Schedules (29 March 2020 – 24 October 2020) [2]

*All times stated are local

[1] SIA’s A350-900 medium-haul aircraft features 40 Business Class and 263 Economy Class seats.

[2] Subject to regulatory approvals