Air India and Singapore Airlines (SIA) recently agreed to significantly expand their  codeshare agreement, adding 11 Indian cities and another 40 international  destinations to their network. 

This marks the first extensive expansion of codeshare  arrangements between the airlines since 2010, offering customers enhanced travel  options between Singapore and India, as well as beyond. 

From 27 October 2024, Air India and SIA will codeshare on each other’s flights  between Singapore and the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Chennai, increasing their total weekly scheduled codeshare services between the countries to 56 from 14.

Both airlines plan to progressively include other destinations in their network to the  codeshare arrangements. 

Subject to regulatory approvals, the codeshare flights will be progressively made  available for sale through the airlines’ respective booking channels.  

A stronger collaboration

Air India’s chief commercial officer Nipun Aggarwal remarked: “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.”  

SIA chief commercial officer 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.” 

A wider range of options

SIA will 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.  

Likewise, Air India customers will be able to access 29 destinations across SIA’s network. These  are 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.  

SIA customers will also be able to connect to Air India’s international services from  Bengaluru, Delhi, and Mumbai to 12 destinations across Europe, the Middle East,  and Africa. These are 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).