SilkAir to fly S'pore-KL

[milehighj]

Singapore Airlines (SIA), SilkAir and Malaysian Airlines will offer a total of 15 daily flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur come December 1.

SilkAir, SIA's sister carrier, has been included into the existing SIA-Malaysian Airlines codeshare arrangement on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore route, said SIA today in a news release.

SilkAir will be flying the KL-Singapore leg for the first time, commencing with two daily flights from October 26, while SIA will operate five.

From December 1, SIA and SilkAir will operate four flights each, while Malaysian Airlines will fly the other seven.

http://travel.asiaone.com/Travel/New...930-90944.html

[flyguy]

looks like with the liberalisation of the SIN-KUL-SIN sector from 1st Dec and mainly Air Asia increasing its flights to 6 daily and Tiger and Jetstar by 2 to 3 flights each - SQ have come to gripes that its flights will be affected and hence reduce its flights from 6 daily 777s flights to 2 daily in Dec for peak times and using its subsidiary Silkair 2 daily flights using its much smaller Airbus A320 or possibly even A319. Therefore by Dec SQ/Silkair total daily flights will be only 4 times a day - as compared to 6 SQ flights now.
Let's hope that the airfares on SQ/Silkair will drop too by.

[ycp81]

SQ's 777s are an overkill for many of its regional routes, which hampered the frequency they can put on these routes. They used to offer up to 10 or even 12 SIN-KUL flights daily with their A310s and a single 747 flight. The A310 has just the right capacity for these regional routes but there was no suitable replacement for it. With the retirement of the A310s, we also saw SQ cutting frequencies to some routes or eliminating certain routes altogether.

Some that I can think of:

- KL (reduction in flights)
- Surabaya (transferred to MI. Used to operate up to 2 daily flights on A310s)
- Cairns (cut)
- Darwin (cut)
- Hiroshima (cut)
- Sendai (cut)
- Kaohsiung (cut, now operated by MI)
- Kathmandu (cut, now operated by MI)
- Shenzhen (realised 777 is too big for the route, passed to MI)

Hopefully with the introduction of the A330s which offer slightly smaller capacity, SQ may increase frequencies on some of its regional routes.

[milehighj]

... reduce its flights from 6 daily 777s flights to 2 daily in Dec for peak times and using its subsidiary Silkair 2 daily flights using its much smaller Airbus A320 or possibly even A319. Therefore by Dec SQ/Silkair total daily flights will be only 4 times a day - as compared to 6 SQ flights now.

No the article suggests 4 flights each by SQ and MI.

[Nick C]

Will the MI flights be SQ coded as well?

[9V-JKL]

Press Release:
http://www.singaporeair.com/mediacentre/pacontent/news/NE_5508.jsp?JSESSIONID=SvppLjXQmByPqjQJvrkWKdL0QHF vhRsVCS2vRHjr7c4TKx7FQ4Q9!772259560!NONE

Singapore Airlines And SilkAir To Offer More Frequencies To Kuala Lumpur

30 September 2008
Singapore Airlines and SilkAir customers will enjoy the added choice, convenience and flexibility of up to 15 flights a day between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur from 1 December 2008.
“We have extended and strengthened our cooperation with Malaysia Airlines by including our sister Airline, SilkAir in our ongoing codeshare arrangement with Malaysia Airlines on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route. With the spread of services and a frequency of up to 15 flights a day offered jointly by Singapore Airlines, SilkAir and Malaysia Airlines, customers will be spoilt for choice!” commented Mr Huang Cheng Eng, Executive Vice President Marketing & The Regions for Singapore Airlines.
“SilkAir is pleased to be able to offer, together with Singapore Airlines, a wider choice of flights for customers travelling between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This is the first time we will have flown to Kuala Lumpur, and we are excited about the prospects for this new route,” says Mr Chin Yau Seng, Chief Executive SilkAir.
SilkAir will commence twice daily flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur from 26 October 2008, while Singapore Airlines will operate five daily flights. From 1 December, Singapore Airlines and SilkAir will operate four flights each. Together with Malaysia Airlines, the three carriers will offer up to 15 flights a day.
Customers will generally have access to all flights operated by the three airlines, as interchangeable tickets are available for travel on most fare types apart from some issued on restricted fares. Customers will have to note restrictions and conditions of the fare type they intend to purchase. Tickets that are not interchangeable include certain discounted tickets and tickets bearing restrictions for use only on a specific carrier.

[Nick C]

26OCT08 - 30NOV08
MI332 SIN0710 - 0805KUL
SQ106 SIN0835 - 0930KUL
SQ108 SIN1015 - 1110KUL
SQ112 SIN1245 - 1340KUL
SQ116 SIN1700 - 1755KUL
SQ118 SIN1845 - 1940KUL
MI340 SIN2000 - 2055KUL

MI331 KUL0840 - 0935SIN
SQ107 KUL1025 - 1120SIN
SQ109 KUL1215 - 1310SIN
SQ113 KUL1430 - 1525SIN
SQ117 KUL1850 - 1945SIN
SQ119 KUL2030 - 2125SIN
MI339 KUL2145 - 2240SIN

MI332/331 is replacing SQ102/101

Effective 01DEC08
MI332 SIN0710 - 0805KUL
SQ106 SIN0835 - 0930KUL
SQ108 SIN1015 - 1110KUL
MI336 SIN1245 - 1340KUL
MI338 SIN1615 - 1710KUL
SQ116 SIN1700 - 1755KUL
SQ118 SIN1845 - 1940KUL
MI340 SIN2000 - 2055KUL

MI331 KUL0840 - 0935SIN
SQ107 KUL1025 - 1120SIN
SQ109 KUL1215 - 1310SIN
MI335 KUL1430 - 1525SIN
MI337 KUL1805 - 1900SIN
SQ117 KUL1850 - 1945SIN
SQ119 KUL2030 - 2125SIN
MI339 KUL2145 - 2240SIN

MI336/335 will replace SQ112/113

http://airlineroute.blogspot.com/

[MAN Flyer]

Interesting but not surprising bearing in mind the route is finally being opened up.

I notice nearly all MH flights are on 734's now, whereas previously it was mainly 330's with the odd 734.

[blueodyssey]

Took MI to Kaohsiung months back.

Not a very pleasant flight. No entertainment. Bored to the max.
And the flight wasn't very short.

I'm sure being on SQ flight to Kaohsiung will be a much better experience.

MI to KUL is fine, since its just a 45 min hop.

[nykelaz]

Interesting but not surprising bearing in mind the route is finally being opened up.

I notice nearly all MH flights are on 734's now, whereas previously it was mainly 330's with the odd 734.

Odd 734?

[jjpb3]

Odd 734?

See definition #12 in this listing of meanings:

'odd' = not regular, usual, or full-time; occasional

[nykelaz]

See definition #12 in this listing of meanings:

'odd' = not regular, usual, or full-time; occasional

I see. I looked at it as definition #2 instead. My bad.

[flyguy]

and now air asia, tiger n jetstar asia can fly from sin to East Malaysian cities of Kuching, KK and Miri from 1st November.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...380589/1/.html

[dsim]

and now air asia, tiger n jetstar asia can fly from sin to East Malaysian cities of Kuching, KK and Miri from 1st November.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...380589/1/.html

there's no mention of whether tiger or jetstar that will be plying the routes?

[nykelaz]

Please refer to this.