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Singapore Airlines (SIA) will reduce flights to Asia and increase services to the Middle East over the next five months.
The progressive changes, which will take place throughout the Northern Winter schedule starting October 26, will “better match capacity with demand”, said SIA.
Penang and Ho Chi Minh
Flights to Penang and Ho Chi Minh will be gradually reduced. As a result, SIA will operate 18 weekly flights to Penang and 17 weekly flights to Ho Chi Minh.
Seoul
Services to and from Seoul will be reduced progressively from the start of the winter season with a reduction in frequency of SQ 608 (Singapore-Seoul) and SQ 609 (Seoul-Singapore).
The flights will be suspended from service completely from February 2 to March 28 2009, when the winter season ends. Despite this reduction, Singapore Airlines will continue to operate 17 weekly services to and from the Korean capital during winter.
Osaka
Osaka will be served once a day from November 2 by SQ 618 (Singapore-Osaka) and SQ617 (Osaka-Singapore). Flights SQ 622 (Singapore-Osaka) and SQ 621 (Osaka-Singapore) will be suspended.
Bangalore and Chennai
Frequencies to Bangalore and Chennai will also be reduced during the Northern Winter schedule. The affected flights are SQ 500 and SQ 501, on the Singapore-Bangalore route, and SQ 526, and SQ527, between Singapore and Chennai. Both cities in India will continue to be served daily.
Amritsar
Service to Amritsar will be withdrawn from 4 February 2008. Customers booked on flights to and from Amritsar will be re-accommodated on Singapore Airlines flight to and from Delhi.
Cape Town
From February 2009, Singapore Airlines will link its Cape Town flights to Johannesburg, although frequency will not change. The Cape Town extension will operate on three flights weekly, while the daily service to Johannesburg is maintained.
Middle East
The frequency of SIA flights to Istanbul, via Dubai, was boosted last week from four to six flights per week. The carrier will also commence operations to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 14. The four-times weekly service will operate via Dubai every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Singapore Airlines will be operating 20 times a week to Dubai with the start of operations to Riyadh.
source: travel.asiaone.com
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