SilkAir will transfer its Busan services
to Singapore Airlines on 28 October
2019.
The transfer will enable the company to boost seat capacity on the
South Korean route by 76%.
Subject to
regulatory approvals, SIA will operate flights to Busan four times
per week, maintaining SilkAir’s current flight frequency.
The route will be served with SIA’s 285-seat Airbus A330-300
aircraft, which feature 30 Business Class and 255 Economy Class
seats.
The A330s can accommodate up to 123 more passengers per
flight than SilkAir’s 162-seat Boeing 737-800s1 which currently
serve the Singapore-Busan route.
“Demand for SilkAir’s
Busan flights since the launch of the route on 1 May 2019 has been
very encouraging, and it has proven to be another popular gateway
into South Korea, complementing SIA’s services to Seoul. We look
forward to helping further grow travel to and from South Korea
with the increase in capacity that SIA’s larger aircraft can
provide on the route,” said Senior Vice President Marketing
Planning, Mr Tan Kai Ping.
In addition to Busan, SIA and
low-cost subsidiary Scoot operate a total of 31 weekly flights to
Seoul in South Korea.
Customers with existing bookings on SilkAir’s Busan flights on and after 28 October 2019 will be
re-accommodated on SIA’s flights.
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