Air India and Singapore Airlines have decided to work together. If you buy a ticket on one airline, you can now fly on the other airline’s flights for certain routes.
Air India and Singapore Airlines have decided to expand their codeshare agreement and adding 11 Indian cities and 40 international destinations to their network.
If you buy a ticket on one airline, you can fly to certain routes on other airline’s flights. Between Singapore and India, even to other places around the world people can travel and they have more choices.
From October 27, people can buy ticket to travel between Singapore and the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Chennai on one airline. Between these places it will increase the number of flights and giving people more options to choose.
Singapore Airlines will now be able to sell tickets for certain domestic flights within India. If you want to travel between cities like Delhi and Amritsar, or Mumbai and Ahmedabad, you
can buy a ticket on Singapore Airlines and fly on Air India’s flights.
Air India passengers will have access to 29 destinations on Singapore Airlines’ network. These are Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney (Australia);
Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei); Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (Cambodia); Denpasar, Jakarta, Medan, and Surabaya (Indonesia); Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo Haneda, and Tokyo-Narita (Japan); Busan and Seoul (South Korea); Kuala Lumpur and Penang (Malaysia); Auckland (New Zealand); Cebu and Manila (the Philippines); as well as Danang, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).
Between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, people already travel on air India and Singapore Airlines flights. Now Singapore Airlines customers can fly from Bengaluru, Delhi, or Mumbai to 12 cities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This means they have more options for traveling to these places.
In future, Air India and Singapore Airlines plan to increase more cities to their list. Once the government approves it, people can buy tickets for these shared flights on both Airlines.
Air India’s Chief Commercial Officer said that this partnership will give people more options for travel and a bigger network to explore.
“Air India and Singapore Airlines have been longtime partners, and with this expanded scope of our codeshare agreement, we are excited to offer our guests greater connectivity to destinations across South East Asia, the Far East, and Australasia. We also look forward to welcoming Singapore Airlines customers on board our flights within India as well as westward to multiple points across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East via our hubs in India,” Aggarwal said.
According to Lee Lik Hsin, Chief Commercial Officer, Singapore Airlines, the expansion of codeshare arrangement reflects the strong collaborative spirit between the two carriers.
“It demonstrates our commitment to meeting the high demand for air travel between India and Singapore and beyond, and contributing to the growth of both aviation markets. Adding Air India’s domestic network to our codeshare arrangements will also offer our customers enhanced connectivity and convenience in India, which is a key market for the SIA Group,” he said.
