LCCs cut Phuket services
Singapore-based low-cost carriers Jetstar Asia and Tiger Airways are cutting back on services to Phuket.
Jetstar cited low demand and opportunities elsewhere in terminating its services to Phuket from Saturday, The Straits Times reported. Tiger also said that inconsistent demand is pushing it to cut the service from twice daily to once a day from next week.
The paper said two other carriers, SilkAir and Thai AirAsia, did not plan to scale back on their flights to Phuket. SilkAir now flies there four times a day, carrying a good number of transit passengers, while Thai AirAsia has a daily flight out of Changi Airport, it said.
While Phuket frequencies are being cut, the LCCs are looking at other destinations.
Jetstar’s Chief Executive Officer Chong Phit Lian was quoted saying that it will start flying to Medan six times a week from Sunday. Its flights to Jakarta will be increased from three to four daily.
From next week, Tiger will fly 10 times (up from eight) a week to Ho Chi Minh City and daily to Chennai, up from the current four times a week, the paper said.
In June, it will start flights to Bangalore in India.
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