China’s West Air launches key Singapore schedule

West Air has launched a new 3X-weekly schedule from Chongqing Jiangbei International to Singapore’s Changi Airport with 180-seat Airbus A320-200 aircraft. The service is West Air’s first international schedule, aimed at both trade and leisure travel. The new schedule comes weeks after the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between Changi Airport Group (CAG) and Chongqing Airport Group to enhance connectivity between the two hubs. The memorandum also includes carriers SilkAir, Air China, West Air and Chongqing Airlines, which will be part of the push to boost both point-to-point and transfer traffic at the two hubs. Chongqing, which has said it plans to be one of China’s top four airports by 2035, can handle just over 30m passengers a year but is expanding both terminal and runway capacity. <br/>