Singapore Airlines and Air India have agreed to expand their codeshare agreement with the addition of 11 Indian cities and a further 40 international destinations to their network. This is the first major expansion since the codeshare partnership was launched in 2010.
On Wednesday (October 23, 2024) Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced a major expansion of their codeshare partnership with Air India, which was originally established in 2010. With the expansion, 11 Indian cities and 40 international destinations will be added to the codeshare agreement. Starting October 27, 2024, Air India and SIA will codeshare on each other’s flights between Bengaluru and Chennai, an increase in total weekly codeshare flights between the countries from 14 to 56.
Singapore Airlines will also codeshare on Air India’s domestic flights between Delhi and Amritsar, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Lucknow, and Varanasi, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Goa, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Thiruvananthapuram, as well as between Kolkata and Guwahati.
In Wednesday’s announcement, Air India’s Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Nipun Aggarwal, said,
“This is a continuation of our effort to offer our guests more choice and an extended global network. 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.”
Also commenting on the codeshare expansion, Singapore Airlines’ Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Lee Lik Hsin, added,
“This expansion of Singapore Airlines’ codeshare arrangements with Air India reflects the strong collaborative spirit between our 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.”
As part of the codeshare expansion, Air India customers will gain access to 29 destinations across SIA’s network, including 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). This includes existing codeshare arrangements to Kuala Lumpur.
Additionally, Singapore Airlines’ customers will be able to connect to Air India operated international flights from Bengaluru, Delhi, and Mumbai to 12 destinations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. These destinations include Copenhagen (Denmark), Paris (France), Frankfurt (Germany), Milan (Italy), Nairobi (Kenya), Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Jeddah and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), as well as Birmingham, London-Gatwick, and London-Heathrow (the United Kingdom).
Source: Singapore Airlines
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