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Press Release
20 October 2009
SILKAIR NOW FLIES DAILY BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND HYDERABAD
SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, has increased its flight frequency between Singapore and the Indian city of Hyderabad from five times weekly to daily, starting today. SilkAir began flying between Singapore and Hyderabad on 15 June 2009, taking over operations from Singapore Airlines. The Singapore-Hyderabad flights have received strong support from customers and experienced good load factors over the past four months of operation.
The schedules for SilkAir’s daily flights between Singapore and Hyderabad are as follows:
| Flight |
Day of Operation |
Departure |
Arrival |
| MI 478 |
1234567 |
SIN 2100hrs |
HYD 2305hrs |
| MI 477 |
1234567 |
HYD 0005hrs |
SIN 0725hrs |
Hyderabad, located in Andhra Pradesh, is the airline’s fourth Indian destination after Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Coimbatore. With the increased flight frequencies between Singapore and Hyderabad, SilkAir now operates a total of 40 flights weekly between Singapore and India.
SilkAir’s new northern winter schedule offers increased flight frequencies to destinations in the carrier’s network that demonstrate strong growth potential. Besides the Singapore-Hyderabad services, the airline will be increasing the frequency of its flights between Singapore and Kathmandu, Nepal; Phuket, Thailand; and Kunming, China.
For Kathmandu, the flight frequency will be stepped up to six times weekly from the current five times. Flights to Phuket will be increased to 28 times weekly from the present 25 times, while those to Kunming will be increased from twice to three times weekly.
Changes to the flight frequencies for these four destinations will take effect from 25 October 2009.
About SilkAir:
SilkAir flies to 31 destinations across 11 countries and is the regional wing of Singapore Airlines. Recently, the airline was voted Best Regional Airline in the TTG Travel Awards for the 10th time, making it eligible to enter the TTG Travel Hall of Fame from 2010. SilkAir was also voted Best Regional Airline (Southeast Asia) in the 2009 Skytrax World Airline Awards and ranked among the Top 10 Airlines for Best Cabin Service Worldwide 2009 by Hong Kong-based online travel magazine, Smart Travel Asia.
For further information, please contact:
SilkAir Public Affairs
Soraya Salim
Head Public Affairs
SilkAir (S) Pte Ltd
DID: (65) 6541 5303
Fax: (65) 6490 0516
Email: soraya_salim@singaporeair.com.sg
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