It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, waiting its next turn as it being loaded is a Scoot Boeing 787 Dreamliner at its home base of Singapore Changi International Airport. Scoot (the low-cost offshoot of Singapore Airlines) operates both current variants of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner - the smaller 787-8 and the larger 787-9, … [Read more...]
Is 20mb enough for Social Media inflight? Scoot puts a new offer on the table…
Scoot is introducing a new plan for those of use who like to Tweet, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Whatapps, Webo or any other social network they can grab - with a new in-flight WiFi package called "Social-Lite". Scoot Social-Lite $5 for 20mb - Image, Scoot The package costs US$5. This gives you 20mb of data to play with 64kbps surfing speed. Social-Lite is optimised … [Read more...]
Scoot prepares to cram people in on their Dreamliners
FlyScoot (the long haul low-cost carrier version of Singapore Airlines) has confirmed its plans for its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. FlyScoot Boeing 787-9 Rendering - Image via Scoot's Youtube Channel. Those of you with an eye to comfort over paying money fares should look away now, as Scoot are planning to put in: 35 Premium Economy Seats - configured as … [Read more...]
Scoot to deliver streaming In-Flight Entertainment
Scoot- the long haul low cost off-shoot of Singapore Airlines is making a very move. The airline currently offers In-Flight Entertainment via iPad's, and is expanding their offering onboard using a service called "ScooTV". The service is a streaming media service - think like Youtube/NetFlix/LoveFilm/BBC iPlayer service rather than an iTunes/Google Play service where you … [Read more...]
Airplane Art Extra – Scoot Boeing 777-200ER
It's Thursday evening and it's time for some extra Airplane Art (in fact, there's a lot extra than usual... must be that time of year) Anyway, Singapore Airlines Low Cost Carrier "Scoot" has got it's first bird painted up, ready for the big launch on the 4th June. Images - FlyScoot via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/flyscoot Well, lets put it like … [Read more...]
Scoot will offer IFE… with an iPad
Lets go back to Singapore Airlines low cost carrier - Scoot. More details have been released about onboard services - and it's relevant as its an In-Flight Entertainment system.. And it's called an Apple iPad. The iPads will be preloaded with what Scoot calls "popular films, TV shows, music and games". Those in ScootBiz will get these devices for Free-of-Charge for use … [Read more...]
Scoot to scoot off to Bangkok
Scoot is making headway as it progresses towards operations - and as well as planning to fly to Sydney and the Gold Coast, Bangkok is now on the radar. This put Scoot in all sorts of fun as there is major competition on this segment. A short list of who fighting for passengers Singapore Airlines Tiger Airways (who are part owned by Singapore Airlines) Thai Airways … [Read more...]
Scoot scoots its start date, confirms timetable, first destinations
Singapore Airlines offshoot Scoot has confirmed its first routes, timetables... and has shifted its start date by a three weeks... upward. Commencement of services will be 4th June 2012 (from 26th June 2012), operating to Sydney (Daily) and The Gold Coast (5 times a week), Australia. Singapore - Sydney OQ002 DEPART SIN 02:10 ARRIVE SYD 11:40 OQ001 DEPART SYD 12:50 … [Read more...]
Scoot scoots in with 4 classes of travel – well two actually…
Scoot has confirmed a bit more about how it's going to separate the product they're offering. In Economy, there are three subclasses: Fly - The seat on the plane FlyBag - Your seat and a bag with a 15Kg allowance. FlyBagEat - Seat, bag and food, with a 15kg Luggage allowance and one meal Business will be composed on one class - ScootBiz which has a 20kg luggage … [Read more...]
Scoot is scooting off to… Sydney
Singapore Airlines Long Haul Low Cost Carrier Scoot has announced it's first destination. And it's Sydney. The service will commence mid-2012, and it seems that Scoot wants to shake up the local market. The Singapore-Sydney route is well trafficked already as part of the Kangaroo Route, adding another 400 seats a day. The Sydney Morning Herald has a video of the … [Read more...]
