Flights to India will operate at pre-pandemic levels by October 30, says Singapore Airlines
Singapore, Jul 6: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced that it will return to its pre-pandemic level of operations to India by October 30, buoyed by a robust surge in the demand for air travel.
Singapore's flag carrier will progressively operate 17 weekly flights to Chennai, up from the current 10 flights per week, it said on Tuesday.
Similarly, flights to Kochi will also increase by 14 times weekly, up from the current seven flights per week, while Bengaluru will see 16 flights per week, up from the current seven flights per week, the airline said.
SIA will operate almost 100 per cent of its pre-Covid operating capacity to India by October 30, 2022, it said in a statement.
JoAnn Tan, Senior Vice President Marketing Planning, Singapore Airlines, said that "robust demand for travel to and from India, to points across the Group network, support an increase in our services in this important market."
Pre-pandemic, the airline operated to seven destinations in India with a total of 96 flights a week.
SIA also plans to increase flights to destinations like Tokyo, Osaka, Paris and Los Angeles, as part of its efforts to ramp up its capacity to 81 per cent of pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year, it added.
Battered by the pandemic for the past two years, the airline industry is slowly limping back to normalcy and the resumption of normal overseas flights is expected to provide a fillip to this sector.
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Actor Santhosh Nair killed in road accident in Pathanamthitta
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) (PTI): Malayalam Actor Santhosh Nair was killed after a road accident at Enathu in the district in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The accident occurred around 6.30 am when the car in which Nair was travelling collided with a lorry, leaving him and his wife injured.
Nair suffered critical injuries after his chest hit at steering wheel of the vehicle, police said.
His wife suffered a fracture in her ribs, they added.
Nair made his debut in cinema with the 1982 film "Ithu Njangalude Katha" and went on to act in over 100 films, donning a wide range of roles, including villain, hero, supporting roles etc.
His latest film, "Mohiniyattam", is currently running in theatres.
