Singapore Airlines and Air India have expanded their codeshare partnership with the addition of 51 new destinations.
Singapore Airlines and Air India have expanded their codeshare partnership with the addition of 51 new destinations.
The expanded codeshare partnership – which will add 11 cities in India and another 40 international points – is the the first expansion of the partnership between the Singapore and India-based carriers since 2010.
From October 27, Air India and Singapore Airlines will codeshare on flights operated by each other between Singapore and the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Chennai. The total weekly codeshare flights between the cities will increase from 14 to 56.
Singapore Airlines will codeshare on domestic flights within India operated by Air India 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.
Singapore Airlines customers will also be able to connect onto international flights by Air India from Bengaluru, Delhi, and Mumbai to 12 destinations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa - 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).
Air India customers will be able to access 29 destinations across Singapore Airlines network - 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.
"This is a continuation of our effort to offer our guests more choice and an extended global network,” Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Commercial Officer, Air India. “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.”
“This expansion of Singapore Airlines’ codeshare arrangements with Air India reflects the strong collaborative spirit between our two carriers,” added Lee Lik Hsin, Chief Comercial Officer, Singapore Airlines. “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.”
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