Singapore Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary Scoot can’t seem to get a break when it comes to ramping up its passenger flight schedule. Last month the airline had to scale back plans to fly 108 flights by 30%, with service cuts predominantly to and from Malaysian cities.
Unfortunately in July 2020 it’s the same story, with flights between Singapore and Ipoh, Kuching and Penang being halved, resulting in an overall 20% cut from the airline’s originally proposed 128 services for the month.
Schedule cuts
In a schedule update on 2nd July 2020, Scoot confirmed it would be making these reductions to its passenger services for the month.
Here’s how the total network now looks, compared to Scoot’s original plan for July 2020.
Scoot passenger flights: July 2020
| City | Original Plan | ➔ | New Plan |
| Guangzhou | 8 flights | ➔ | 8 flights |
| Hong Kong | 26 flights | ➔ | 26 flights |
| Ipoh | 18 flights | ➔ | 10 flights |
| Kuching | 18 flights | ➔ | 8 flights |
| Penang | 18 flights | ➔ | 10 flights |
| Perth | 26 flights | ➔ | 26 flights |
| Surabaya | 6 flights | ➔ | 6 flights |
| Taipei | 8 flights | ➔ | 8 flights |
| Total | 128 flights | ➔ | 102 flights |
The changes are:
- Ipoh: Reduction from twice weekly (18 flights) to once weekly (10 flights)
- Kuching: Reduction from twice weekly (18 flights) to once weekly (8 flights)
- Penang: Reduction from twice weekly (18 flights) to once weekly (10 flights)
In total Scoot will now operate 102 passenger flights in July 2020, 20% less than it first proposed, but still a 27% increase on the 80 flights it ended up operating in June 2020.
“Scoot will continue to adjust our network in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.”
Scoot
The new schedule
Here’s how Scoot’s revised flight passenger schedule to and from eight cities looks, valid from 1st – 31st July 2020.
| Guangzhou | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ CAN TR100 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| CAN ➔ SIN TR101 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| Hong Kong | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ HKG TR980 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| HKG ➔ SIN TR981 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| Ipoh | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ IPH TR480 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
| IPH ➔ SIN TR481 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
Note: Ipoh flights in July 2020 were originally scheduled to be twice weekly, however Friday service was only operated on 3rd July. All subsequent flights will be Sunday only.
| Kuching | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ KCH TR430/4 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
| KCH ➔ SIN TR431/5 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
Note: Kuching flights in July 2020 were originally scheduled to be twice weekly, however Friday service was only operated on 3rd July. All subsequent flights will be Sunday only.
| Penang | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ PEN TR426 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
| PEN ➔ SIN TR427 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
Note: Penang flights in July 2020 were originally scheduled to be twice weekly, however Friday service was only operated on 3rd July. All subsequent flights will be Sunday only.
| Perth | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ PER TR8 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| PER ➔ SIN TR9 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| SIN ➔ PER TR16 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 789 |
| PER ➔ SIN TR17 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 789 |
| Surabaya (from 13 July) |
||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ SUB TR262 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 320 |
| SUB ➔ SIN TR263 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 320 |
| Taipei | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | ||||