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Budget carrier Scoot apologises for Amritsar-Singapore flight incident

As many as 263 passengers, who boarded the flight, reported at the airport well in time

Budget carrier Scoot apologises for Amritsar-Singapore flight incident
Updated On : 19 Jan 2023 | 8:10 PM IST

This CEO raises 'long-standing issue' after passengers miss S'gapore flight

On Wednesday, 32 passengers could not board a Singapore-bound flight operated by budget carrier Scoot

This CEO raises 'long-standing issue' after passengers miss S'gapore flight
Updated On : 19 Jan 2023 | 4:28 PM IST

Scoot says no to expansion over failure of Indian carriers to fulfil quota

BS ReporterHyderabad, 28 July: Scoot, the low cost long-haul carrier owned by Singapore Airlines, said on Friday it cannot add more number of seats and destinations in India though it wants to since Indian carriers were yet to fully make use of their quota of services in the island nation under the existing bilateral air service agreement between India and Singapore.Singapore Airlines group, which includes Silk Air besides Scoot, had exhausted the permissible quota, just leaving some not so viable tier-2 destinations in the country while Air India and the private Indian airlines together had utilised only 50 percent of their entitlement, according to Bharath Mahadevan, country head, India at Scoot. "There is nothing in our hands as the bilateral air services are a subject matter of government to government agreement. Indian carriers currently operate only 50 percent of their quota and till that reaches 80 percent it is not possible(for any quota revision)" Bharath Mahadevan said in .

Scoot says no to expansion over failure of Indian carriers to fulfil quota
Updated On : 28 Jul 2017 | 7:49 PM IST