Kolkata: Singapore Airlines is open to adding more capacity out of Kolkata, airline general manager (India) GM Toh told TOI on Tuesday. The carrier had first increased its weekly capacity from 1,140 seats to 1,450 seats in August 2011. It was later raised to 1,590 seats in March 2013.
"We are on the lookout for incremental addition in seat capacity. We can add a further 375 seats by simply changing the aircraft that services the sector. But that will happen only when the requirement arises. Given the current depressed market scenario, we don't expect any changes for a while," said Toh.
Singapore Airlines operated four Boeing B-777 aircraft on the Kolkata-Singapore sector till August 2011. Thereafter, it reduced a Singapore Airline flight and introduced four Silk Air flights with Airbus A-320 aircraft to offer daily connections. In March 2013, it replaced a Silk Air flight with Singapore Airlines, thereby replacing an A-320 aircraft with 150 seats by a 285-seater B-777 aircraft.
19/06/13 Times of India
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"We are on the lookout for incremental addition in seat capacity. We can add a further 375 seats by simply changing the aircraft that services the sector. But that will happen only when the requirement arises. Given the current depressed market scenario, we don't expect any changes for a while," said Toh.
Singapore Airlines operated four Boeing B-777 aircraft on the Kolkata-Singapore sector till August 2011. Thereafter, it reduced a Singapore Airline flight and introduced four Silk Air flights with Airbus A-320 aircraft to offer daily connections. In March 2013, it replaced a Silk Air flight with Singapore Airlines, thereby replacing an A-320 aircraft with 150 seats by a 285-seater B-777 aircraft.
19/06/13 Times of India
