Fresh from its launch of flights to Canberra and Wellington, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is further expanding its footprint in Australia with a new three times weekly service linking Singapore, Indonesia and Australia.
The new flight, which will operate on a Singapore-Jakarta-Sydney routing, will launch on November 23, with SIA able to sell tickets for the fifth-freedom Sydney-Jakarta sector.
“Australia and Indonesia are two of Singapore Airlines’ most popular routes in our global network,” SIA regional vice president for South West Pacific Tan Tiow Ko said.
“We are pleased to increase the choices our customers have when it comes to flying from Sydney to Singapore and now Sydney to Jakarta.”
The route will be operated by Boeing 777-200ER equipment featuring 26 business class seats that offer direct aisle access for every passenger and 245 economy class seats, SIA said in a statement on Wednesday.
Once the new service takes off, SIA will have a total of 34 weekly flights between Singapore and Sydney and 74 weekly flights a week between Singapore and Jakarta.
SIA said alliance partner Virgin Australia would codeshare on the new route. Australia’s competition regulator recently approved the pair’s alliance until 2020.
The Sydney-Jakarta route is currently served by Qantas and Garuda Indonesia.
Sydney Airport noted the number of passengers travelling between Indonesia and Sydney grew 13 per cent to 620,000 during the past year.
“This service will also further support the $10 billion in annual investment flows between Australia and Indonesia, and strengthen the economic ties and trade links between our two countries,” Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather said in a statement.
Flight Number/Routing |
Days of operation |
Time of departure |
Time of arrival |
|
SQ262 Sydney-Jakarta |
Tues, Thur, Sat |
11:00 |
14:35 |
|
SQ262 Jakarta-Singapore |
Tues, Thur, Sat |
15:35 |
18:10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SQ261 Singapore-Jakarta |
Mon, Wed, Fri |
20:15 |
21:00 |
|
SQ261 Jakarta-Sydney |
Mon, Wed, Fri |
22:25 |
09:30+1 |
