Scoot launches flight operations in India

Scoot launched its operations in India Wednesday with flight services to Chennai and Amritsar from Singapore. The airline will operate a daily direct service to the Tamil Nadu Capital from Singapore with a 335-seater Boeing 787-800 aircraft while Amritsar would have 3-times-a-week operations service with a 375-seater B787-900 plane. Scoot has already announced to launch services from Jaipur from October this year. On the Chennai-Singapore route, Scoot will take place of Tigerair which has been operating 12 flights a week. "India is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world. Guests from India can now fly to...destinations in our Asia-Pacific network through the Singapore hub, as well as onward with SIA, SilkAir and Tigerair in the SIA Group portfolio," CCO for Scoot and Tigerair, Leslie Thng said. <br/>