KUCHING: Scoot, the low-cost arm of the Singapore Airlines Group, launched its inaugural flight from Singapore to Kuching, the first-ever destination in East Malaysia for the award-winning value airline on last Sunday.
The new Singapore-Kuching route with daily direct flights will be Scoot’s fifth destination in Malaysia after Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi and Penang. According to its Chief Commercial Officer, Vinod Kannan, Malaysia is a very important market for them as they see growing interest from Singaporeans to travel to different parts of our neighbouring country and vice versa.
“Hence, we are exci ted t o launch our services to Kuching, which brings us a step closer to our objective of steadily increasing our network in the region. Through this, we also hope to continue enriching our Malaysian guests’ travel experiences with a healthy dose of our unique ‘Scootitude’ on board.
“With tagline, ‘Escape the Ordinary’, we try to give the customers the experience (such as live performances by our cabin crew) that they will always remember and make them looking forward to book our flights to anywhere,” he told the media at Changi Airport, Singapore in conjunction with the inaugural Singapore-Kuching flight on Oct 29.
The addition of the Kuching service brings Scoot’s current network to a total of 60 destinations in 16 countries.
Scoot took to the skies in June 2012 and merged with Tigerair Singapore in July 2017, retaining the Scoot brand and positioning it well for a new chapter of growth.
