Wednesday, May 19, 2010

SilkAir starts flights to Bangalore

SilkAir starts flights to Bangalore

The regional wing of Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, will be flying daily between Singapore and Bangalore, India, starting Monday.

The first flight, MI 428, will be taking off at 2250 hours on Monday from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 and will land in Bengaluru International Airport early Tuesday morning, at 0045 hours.

Silk Air said in a statement that the turnaround flight will depart from Bangalore at 0130 hours and reach Singapore at 0835 hours on Tuesday.

Customers on the first flights out of Singapore and Bangalore will be given special inaugural flight souvenirs to mark the special occasion, it added.

These newly introduced flights to Bangalore will complement Singapore Airlines' existing daily flights to the city.

In total, the SIA Group of airlines will be offering two daily flights between Singapore and Bangalore.

Next month, SilkAir will also be launching services to another Indian destination – Chennai. Daily flights to this capital city of the state of Tamil Nadu will begin on June 14.

With the addition of Bangalore and Chennai, SilkAir will fly to six destinations in India - the other four being Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Hyderabab and Coimbatore.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-

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