Koh Samui Welcomes Scoot Jet to Start One Flight Per Day

Koh Samui travel and tourism delegation welcomed 108 tourists and crew members of Scoot inaugural flight from Singapore at the Samui airport on May 13, 2024.

KOH SAMUI – Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, started the inaugural flight TR 642 flying directly from Singapore to Koh Samui, Surat Thani Province, at 11:15 a.m. on May 13.

The low-cost airline has operated flights from Singapore to six Southeast Asian destinations with its new fleet of Embraer E190-E2 planes.

Mr. Kampanat Klinsowakon, the district chief of Koh Samui, Ms. Kanokittika Kritayutthikorn, the director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Koh Samui Office, and a tourism delegation welcomed 108 tourists and crew members at the airport parking lot.

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Among them were Mr. Ng Chee Keong, the Chief Operating Officer of Scoot, Mr. Kulpramote Wannalert, the director of the TAT Singapore and Philippines Office, and media representatives from Singapore. They traveled together to capture images of Koh Samui’s tourist attractions and impressive scenes to promote and market tourism in Singapore.

Scoot will commence daily flights on the Singapore-Samui route with one flight per day. There are plans to increase it to two flights per day in June.

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The Embraer E190-E2 jet of Scoot arrives at Koh Samui International airport on May 13, 2024.

After the first E190-E2 jet is delivered in April, it has been used on Scoot’s existing flights to Hat Yai and Krabi from May 7, increasing flight frequencies to both destinations from seven to 10 times every week.

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The E190-E2 jet has a range of 5,278km, or six hours of flight time. As the smallest aircraft in Scoot’s fleet, it can seat up to 112 passengers.

Scoot currently offers 67 destinations for booking and presently encompasses 72 destinations across 15 countries and territories in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe.

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