SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines Ltd's budget arm Scoot on Tuesday said it would take over two routes from sister carrier SilkAir as the parent company conducts a wide-ranging strategic review designed to cut its cost base. He cited a previous shift of the Hangzhou route from SilkAir to the budget carrier. He did not rule out acquiring routes from SilkAir or Singapore Airlines as part of that process. Scoot completed on Tuesday its merger with budget carrier Tiger Airways, marking the end of the latter brand. In addition to the Kuching and Palembang routes, Scoot will be flying from its Singapore hub to Honolulu in the United States, Kuantan in Malaysia and Harbin in China by June 2018.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2017 07:30 UTC