Monday 21 July 2014

Scoot begins flights to Don Mueang from 1 September 2014

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



Passengers considering travel to Bangkok with Scoot  should take note that with effect from 1 September 2014, Scoot will fly from Changi Airport Terminal 2 to Don Mueang International Airport of Bangkok, the home base of Thai budget carrier Nok Air, using its Boeing B777-200 aircraft, under a commercial agreement with Nok Air.


Under the agreement, Scoot is selling Nok Air tickets on its web-site and offering connection flights to other cities and towns of Thailand from Singapore, such as Phitsanulok, Nan, Loei, Lampung, Phuket and Chiang Mai on Nok Air's route network via Don Mueang. On a reciprocal basis, Nok Air will sell Scoot's Singapore tickets on its web-site. These activities will form a feeder base for eventual air travel with NokScoot, the proposed joint-venture long-haul airline formed by Scoot and Nok Air and based in Don Mueang.

On 1 September, Scoot flight TZ302 departs from Singapore at 6.05 pm for Don Mueang, arriving in Don Mueang at 7.25 pm before taking off for Singapore at 8.45 pm, touching down in Changi Airport Terminal 2 at 11.55 pm.

The last Suvarnabhumi flight of Scoot operates on 31 August 2014.

With Scoot's change of airport to Don Mueang, the average price of a budget return air ticket on the Singapore-Suvarnabhumi-Singapore routes is expected to be more expensive than before as Suvarnabhumi provides the fastest traffic access to the city centre of Bangkok.

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