Air India has announced an expanded codeshare partnership with Singapore Airlines. This marks the first extensive expansion of codeshare arrangements between the airlines since 2010.
Air India-Singapore Airlines codeshare expanded
Air India and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have expanded their codeshare partnership for the first time since 2010. They have added 11 Indian cities and another 40 international destinations to their network.
From 27th October 2024, 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.
Air India passengers 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 arrangement to Kuala Lumpur.
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.
SIA passengers 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).
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.Lee Lik Hsin, Chief Commercial Officer, Singapore Airlines said.
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Both airlines plan to progressively include other destinations in their network to the codeshare arrangements.
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.
Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Commercial Officer, Air India said.
Paving the way for a larger co-operation?
Air India has been on a transforming journey for almost three years now, under the Tata Group. The combined entity of Air India and Vistara after merging will see Singapore Airlines have a 25.1% stake.
SIA has always seen India as a fast-growing market and with Vistara, it tried to capture a certain share of this market. Now, with a larger entity, SIA would want to continue implementing that strategy. This expanded codeshare partnership seems like a step in that direction.
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