More Asian low-cost carriers are committing to the travel trade. Scoot, the Singaporean LCC, has become the latest airline to renew its distribution agreement with Amadeus, ensuring that the carrier’s fares and inventory continue to be made available to Amadeus’ global network of travel agencies via the GDS. The deal also sees Tigerair, which will […]
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JARED SIMCOX has been recruited as Scoot’s new general manager for Australia. Having started as a ground handler at airports in New Zealand, Simcox then moved to Australia to work for Curry Aviation and Groupon ANZ, where he most recently held the position of wholesale travel manager. JEAN-MICHEL CASSÉ has been promoted to the role
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Singapore’s airlines experienced mixed results in the quarter ending 31 December 2016, as lower passenger demand was offset by reduced fuel costs. National carrier Singapore Airlines experienced a sharp 16.6% drop in its operating profits, to SG$151 million (US$107m), while SilkAir’s quarterly profit fell 9.1% to SG$30m. The group’s two low-cost carriers fared slightly better,
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Scoot has become the first low-cost carrier, and the first airline in the Asia Pacific region, to be featured on Skyscanner’s Direct Booking platform. Skyscanner is a meta-search site which aggregates fares from other sources. Usually, when booking a fare via Skyscanner, users are directed to the supplier’s site. But with Direct Booking they can
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