Scoot airline opens Singapore – Palembang route

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Singapore-based airline Scoot has launched a new route from Singapore to Palembang. The inaugural flight of this route will be on November 23, in the future there will be four flights that travel between Palembang and Singapore in a week.

"Palembang is the right choice for us, we want to promote Palembang as a new destination following the other three destinations in Indonesia," said Scoot chief commercial officer, Vinod Kannan.

"This is the right choice for a new flight. Singapore and Palembang have historical and cultural relationships. The relationship between Singapore and South Sumatra can be traced back to the Sriwijaya Empire era," explained tourism minister, Arief Yahya.

To commemorate the new addition, Scoot is offering a promo for a one-way trip from Palembang. The promo will begin at 09:00 a.m. on October 21 and end on November 5 at 10:59 p.m. with the price starts from Rp 110,000 ($8.14).

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With flight number TR250, the flights are available on every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

For Tuesday and Sunday flights, the plane is departing from Changi International Airport at 03:00 p.m. (local time) and will arrive at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport in Palembang at 03:10 p.m.

For the Thursday flight the plane departs at 10:30 a.m. and arrives at 10:40 a.m. whilst for the Saturday flight the departure time is at 11:05 a.m. and arrival time is at 11:15 a.m.

Meanwhile, the flight number for the round-trip is TR251, departing from Palembang at 03:50 p.m. and arrives in Singapore at 06:15 p.m. on every Tuesday and Sunday.

For the Thursday flight, the departure time is at 11:20 a.m. and arrival time is at 01:30 p.m.; for the Saturday flight the departure time is at 11:55 a.m. and arrival time is at 02:25 p.m.

As a low-cost carrier, Vinod said that their target market is the youngsters who like to travel. Additionally, Scoot is competing with other low-cost carriers from Indonesia.

"Every airline is our competitor but the main ones are Jet Star, Air Asia and Lion Group," told Vinod.

On the same day, Scoot is also adding one more flight for the Singapore – Denpasar route, that means there'll be three flights serving the route in a day.

Scoot is also adding one more flight for the flight to-and-from Surabaya, from the previous six flights to seven flights in a week.

"With these changes, Scoot will now have 53 flights to Indonesia in a week. Before, there were only 41 flights," Vinod added. (asw)


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