Timeline of Past Inaugural Flight Dates to Singapore

Summarized by : Gan Yung Chyan
                          / KUCINTA SETIA

In the past five years or so, Sayacinta - Airpost has reported about and predicted the realization of inaugural flights to Singapore. Below is the timeline of past inaugural flight dates to Singapore which were featured in www.just4airlines.com.

• 18 September 2012- Singapore-Taipei Taoyuan-Singapore by Scoot
• 28 August 2012- Paro-Singapore by Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines
• 23 August 2012- Singapore-Tianjin-Singapore by Scoot
• 10 August 2012- Singapore-Kota Bahru-Singapore by Firefly
• 5 July 2012- Singapore-Suvarnabhumi-Singapore by Scoot
• 12 June 2012- Singapore-Gold Coast-Singapore by Scoot
• 4 June 2012- Singapore-Sydney-Singapore by Scoot
• 24 April 2012- Singapore-Wuhan-Singapore by SilkAir
• 20 April 2012- Medan-Singapore-Medan by Mandala
• 26 March 2012- Singapore-Darwin-Singapore by SilkAir
• 24 November 2011- Vientiane-Singapore-Vientiane by Lao Airlines
• 21 October 2011- Vladivostok-Hong Kong-Singapore-Hong Kong-Vladivostok by Vladivostok Air
• 15 September 2011- Delhi-Singapore-Delhi by IndiGo
• 9 September 2011- Singapore-Ningbo-Singapore by Jetstar
• 28 July 2011- Bandung-Singapore-Bandung by Batavia Air
• 30 June 2011- Taipei Taoyuan-Singapore-Taipei Taoyuan by TransAsia Airways
• 1 June 2011- Makassar-Singapore-Makassar by Garuda Indonesia
• 30 May 2011- Helsinki-Singapore-Helsinki by Finnair
• 22 March 2011- Singapore-Hangzhou-Singapore by Jetstar
• 15 January  2011- Hong Kong-Singapore-Hong Kong by Hong Kong Airlines
• 3 January 2011- Macau-Singapore-Macau (resumption) by Air Macau
• 16 December 2010- Clark-Singapore-Clark by SEAIR Southeast Asian Airlines
• 1 December 2010- Manila-Singapore-Manila by Airphil Express
• 3 November 2010- Singapore-Guilin-Singapore by Jetstar
• 29 August 2010- Hefei-Singapore-Hefei-Dalian by Hainan Airlines
• 25 June 2010- Jakarta-Singapore-Jakarta and Balikpapan-Singapore-Balikpapan by Mandala
• 25 November 2009- Jakarta-Singapore-Jakarta by Batavia Air
• 3 July 2009- Subang-Singapore-Subang by Firefly
• 18 December 2008- Jakarta-Singapore-Jakarta by Sriwijaya Air
• 3 November 2007- Nanning-Singapore-Nanning by Shenzhen Airlines
• 24 September 2007- Colombo-Singapore-Colombo by Mihin Lanka
• 28 September 2007- Abu Dhabi-Singapore-Brisbane by Etihad Airways
• 7 September 2007- Yangon-Singapore-Yangon by Air Bagan
• 29 October 2006- Chennai-Singapore-Chennai by Air India Express
• 28 October 2005- Jakarta-Singapore-Jakarta by Adam Air
• 12 May 2005- Delhi-Singapore-Delhi by Air Sahara
• 15 April 2005- Mumbai-Singapore-Mumbai by Jet Airways
• 13 December 2004- Jetstar Asia Airways' first flight
• 22 November 2004- Harare-Singapore-Beijing by Air Zimbabwe
• 31 October 2004- Moscow-Singapore-Moscow by Transaero Airlines
• 15 September 2004- Tiger Airways' first flight
• 29 May 2004- Jinan-Singapore-Jinan by Shandong Airlines
• 5 May 2004- Valuair's first flight

Sayacinta - Airpost was launched with the journalist's first flight out of Singapore with Valuair on 5 May 2004.

Through the years, the online newspaper has not given up its objective to provide readers with accurate inaugural and final flight dates of airlines operating to Singapore. For example, it reported about Air Seychelles' withdrawal of flights from Singapore on 24 November 2011 and earlier the switch of Air Zimbabwe's flight from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

KUCINTA SETIA will continue to provide readers with fresh aviation and travel news and tips through its news medium Sayacinta - Airpost in the years ahead.