SIA’s low-cost subsidiary Scoot has made a last-minute addition to its passenger flight schedules from next week, with Clark in the Philippines rejoining its network. It will be the first time the airline has operated regular passenger flights to and from the city since mid-March 2020.
Flights will operate once weekly using Airbus A320 aircraft on Mondays, commencing on 3rd August 2020. Scoot will become the only airline operating direct flights between Singapore and Clark since limited COVID-19 schedules came into force several months ago.
Clark also marks the first Philippines destination to be restarted by the carrier, with flights to and from Manila currently being operated by Singapore Airlines and Jetstar Asia.
The schedule
Once a daily service, Scoot’s Clark route will initially operate only on Mondays.
| Clark (from 3 August) |
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| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ CRK TR386 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 320 |
| CRK ➔ SIN TR387 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 320 |
Flights depart Changi at 9.15am, landing into Clark at 1pm. On the return service, departure from Clark is at 2.00pm with arrival back in Singapore at 5.35pm.
These Monday flights are now bookable at flyscoot.com.
Where else is Scoot flying?
Clark is the 12th passenger route for Scoot since schedules were cut in April 2020, joining 11 other cities on the network for the month of August 2020 as recently announced by the airline.
Despite the increased route network with Clark flights joining the fold, Scoot has dialled back on its original plans to serve some Malaysian cities twice weekly during the month, continuing to serve these cities once weekly instead.
- Kuala Lumpur (2/wk ➔ 1/wk)
- Ipoh (2/wk ➔ 1/wk)
- Kuching (2/wk ➔ 1/wk)
- Penang (2/wk ➔ 1/wk)
It seems impossible for the airline to gain approval for more than a single weekly service on these routes at the moment, since whenever they propose such a schedule it then gets cancelled.
Apart from Clark, here’s how the latest schedule looks for the other 11 routes on Scoot’s passenger network during August 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 |
| Kuala Lumpur | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ KUL TR466 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 32N |
| KUL ➔ SIN TR467 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 32N |
| Kuching | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ KCH TR430 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
| KCH ➔ SIN TR431 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
| Nanjing | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ NKG TR180 |
□ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | 789 |
| NKG ➔ SIN TR181 |
□ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | 789 |
| Penang |
||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ PEN TR426 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
| PEN ➔ SIN TR427 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 320 |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ SUB TR262 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 320 |
| SUB ➔ SIN TR263 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 320 |
| Taipei (until 9 August) |
||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ TPE TR996 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| TPE ➔ SIN TR997 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| Taipei / Seoul (from 16 August) |
||||||||
| Days | Acft | |||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
| SIN ➔ TPE TR880 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| TPE ➔ ICN TR880 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 789 |
| ICN ➔ TPE TR881 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 789 |
| TPE ➔ SIN TR881 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 789 |
You may also notice that Scoot has altered the Seoul extension to its Taipei schedule slightly.
This new service, which takes effect from 16th August 2020, will now see the aircraft and crew remain on the ground in Seoul for 15 hours before departing back for Singapore via Taipei in the morning on the following calendar day, shifting the operating days of TR881 by one day (now Mondays and Saturdays).
Flight totals
Even with the additional 10 Clark flights now planned for August 2020, the total number of Scoot passenger services will now be 140 during the month, down from the 154 planned previously, due to the trimmed schedule to and from four Malaysian cities.
This still represents a 35% increase on the 104 flights operated in July 2020. Flight schedules are subject to change due to regulatory reasons.
Here’s how Scoot’s weekly passenger seat capacity has increased since the first skeleton schedule to two cities was adopted in early April 2020, based on the last two weeks of August when the ‘Seoul extension’ has commenced.
As you can see August 2020 is the busiest month yet since schedules were cut, despite overall capacity when measured by flight volumes standing at just 2.5% of normal levels.
“Scoot will continue to adjust our network in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.”
Scoot
For the latest Scoot flight schedules, check here:
Scoot COVID-19 Flight Schedules
Summary
Scoot is restarting flights to and from Clark from 3rd August 2020, marking its 12th destination on the passenger network following significant schedule reductions due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Unfortunately these 10 additional services are outweighed by the loss of 24 flights on the carrier’s four Malaysia routes, which will now not increase to twice weekly operation during August 2020 as originally planned.
There have also been some operating day / timing changes on the airline’s new Taipei – Seoul flights.
Scoot should announce its flying programme for September 2020 in mid-August.