Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Silk Air extends inaugural offer


The Visakhapatnam – Singapore Silk Air flight, the first ever direct international flight from the city scheduled to be launched on October 28, offers convenient onward connections to Bangkok, Kaula Lumpur, Hong Kong, Manila, Beijing, Tokyo, various destinations in Australia and Los Angeles.
Addressing representatives from the industry and air travellers association at a road show organised at Four Points by Sheraton on Tuesday evening, Silk Air (Andhra Pradesh) General Manager Vivek Jain gave an overview of the airline and its operations.
Those having direct tickets to onward destinations like the US and Australia needn’t go for a baggage check again at Singapore Airport, provided they catch a connecting flight within a stipulated time after landing. The same would also apply on the return flights also.
The A 320 aircraft, to be operated by Silk Air, will have both ‘Business’ and ‘Economy’ classes. MI 448 will leave Singapore at 8.25 p.m. (Singapore local time) and arrive here at 10.05 p.m. (IST) on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. MI 447 will leave Visakhapatnam at 10.55 p.m. and reach Singapore at 5.55 a.m. (Singapore local time). The A 320 would have 12 business class and 138 economy class seats.
Mr. Vivek said that Silk Air has made an arrangement with Air India for the benefit of passengers from Visakhapatnam bound for Singapore on the other four days when there was no direct flight. They could buy a direct ticket to Singapore for just US $ 55 (Rs.2,800) more than the direct flight fare. They could catch the AI flight to Hyderabad and catch the Silk Air daily flight from Hyderabad. Free city tours would be arranged for the passengers in Singapore, if the transit time for connecting flights was more than five hours.
Chief Executive Officer of Symbiosys Technologies O. Naresh Kumar appealed to him to consider extension of this facility in the next couple of days as travellers going to Singapore for the Dasara vacation could take advantage of it.
Silk Air has extended the inaugural offer of Rs.20,688 from Visakhapatnam to Singapore and back till October 31 on the plea of VATA. The special fare will be valid for travel between October 28 and December 15, 2012. Florence of Singapore Changi Airport spoke.
General Manager (India) of Singapore Airlines G.M. Toh and Manager of Silk Air, Visakhapatnam, L. Ravindran, VATA leaders Cheruvu Ramakotaiah and Vishnu Kumar Raju and Shravan Shipping MD G. Sambasiva Rao were among those who were present.

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