Before the pandemic, Scoot operated 107 weekly flights to China, said a spokesman. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines’ budget arm Scoot will restore China flights to more than half of pre-pandemic levels by June.
Earlier this week, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan stressed Singapore’s desire to see flights and other connections return to how they were before the pandemic.Dr Balakrishnan told his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang that there used to be 400 flights a week linking Singapore and China, while there are just 56 now.
From now until March 25, Scoot will be increasing the number of flights to the current seven China destinations, which include Guangzhou and Nanjing, from 14 flights a week to 26.
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