SINGAPORE (Commonwealth Union)_ Say what? Your dream vacation is looking a lot closer and more affordable! Flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched a new campaign offering discounts on more than 170,000 business class, premium economy class, and economy class round-trip tickets tickets from Singapore to 71 destinations to boost passenger numbers. The goodies don’t stop there because Singapore Airline’s low-cost carrier, Scoot, will also be releasing 200,000 one-way tickets from Singapore at a steal.
SIA will offer discounts on more than 170,000 round-trip tickets across business, premium economy and economy class, from Singapore to 71 destinations and some 200,000 discounted Scoot tickets will go on sale on 3rd November. These destinations have not been announced yet. In a statement on Tuesday 17th October, the national carrier said it is offering the discounts as part of its upcoming Time to Fly travel fair.
The discounts will be applicable for flights between January and September 2024.
The discounted tickets can be purchased at SIA’s physical event from 3rd November.
Full promotional details will only be released on 31st October, though it’s been teased that you’ll be able to fly to Kuala Lumpur and Taipei on Scoot for as low as $68 and $140 respectively.
The discounted SIA tickets are applicable for eligible flights taking off from January to September 2024 on Business, Premium Economy, and Economy classes, while discounted Scoot tickets are for travel between November 2023 and October 2024.
Online sales will open on 3rd November and continue until 16th November.
The campaign is being launched as a part of the upcoming ‘Time to Fly’ travel fair, which takes place from 3rd to 5th November. The fair will feature exclusive deals from Scoot, SIA’s low-cost subsidiary, on 200,000 one-way tickets.
Lee Lik Hsin, Chief Commercial Officer of Singapore Airlines, said, “SIA and Scoot are pleased to offer our customers greater options and value as they make their travel and holiday plans for 2024. He said their biggest Time to Fly travel fair offers customers attractive discounts on 170,000 round-trip SIA tickets and 200,000 one-way Scoot tickets from Singapore to around the world. Hsin said that both airlines were preparing to return to pre-pandemic level operations.
Boosting operations
SIA ramped up services to destinations across its network and restored its Airbus A380 services to Frankfurt during the summer months. The airline also deployed its wide body Airbus A350-900 medium-haul services to Male and Cairns and reinstated direct services between Singapore and Barcelona.
JoAnn Tan, Senior Vice President of Marketing Planning at Singapore Airlines said, “The airline increased its flight frequencies to pre-pandemic levels across multiple points and exceeding them in some.”.
Destinations that exceeded pre-pandemic flight frequency levels include Copenhagen, Beijing and Shanghai, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth (Australia), Da Nang (Vietnam), Ahmedabad, and Dubai. The Singapore Airlines Group, which includes Singapore Airlines and Scoot, carried 2.9 million passengers in September, a 36 per cent increase from last year and 93 per cent of the 3.1 million passengers in September 2019.
The airline is also offering passengers a chance to win giveaways and a pair of Business Class round-trip tickets to Osaka (Japan), Denpasar Bali (Indonesia), Male (the Maldives), and Phuket (Thailand) during the three-day Time to Fly fair.
The discounted tickets could be purchased at Singapore Airline’s physical event from 3rd to 5th November at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre Halls 405 and 406.
Tickets will also be available online between 3rd and 16th November on the SIA website, mobile app, as well as through SIA-appointed travel agents, said SIA.
