Singapore Airlines confirms Wellington-Canberra flights

Singapore Airlines has just confirmed it will start flying between Wellington and Canberra, launching in September. The airline will link the two cities for the first time with a four times a week service that will fly on to Singapore. It is the first time the two Australasian cities have been linked and is a coup for both as they expand international operations. Singapore Airlines has dubbed the service the "Capital Express" and it is aimed at the lucrative government and corporate market more likely to fly in business class seats and the leisure market, particularly Kiwis who want to connect with the airline's network in Asia. The new flights will be operated using 266-seat retrofitted Boeing 777-200 aircraft, that has 38 business class seats and 228 economy class seats. <br/>
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1/20/16
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