Air India CCO Nipun Aggarwal (left) and Singapore Airlines CCO Lee Riksin (right) sign an agreement to expand codeshare flights in Delhi, India. Photo: Air India
Singapore Airlines (Headquarters: Singapore, CEO: Goh Choon Peng) and Air India (Headquarters: Gurugram India, CEO: Campbell Wilson) have agreed to significantly expand their codeshare agreement, with 11 domestic Added cities and 40 international cities to the network. This is the first major codeshare expansion between the two airlines since 2010 and will provide customers with greater travel options between Singapore and India and beyond.
From October 27, 2024, Singapore Airlines and Air India will begin codesharing on routes between the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Chennai and Singapore, increasing the number of scheduled codeshare flights between the two countries from 14 to 56 flights per week. We will increase the number of flights.
Singapore Airlines operates Air India’s domestic routes between Delhi and Amritsar, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Lucknow and Varanasi, as well as between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Goa, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow and Thiruvananthapuram. Codeshare will be implemented on routes connecting Kolkata and Guwahati.
Air India customers can fly to 29 destinations across Singapore Airlines’ network. Specifically, Tokyo (Haneda/Narita), Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka in Japan; Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney in Australia; Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei; and Phnom Penh and Siem Reap in Cambodia. , Denpasar, Jakarta, Medan, and Surabaya in Indonesia, Seoul and Busan in South Korea, Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malaysia, Auckland in New Zealand, Manila and Cebu in the Philippines, and Da Nang, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. This also includes existing codeshare flights to Kuala Lumpur.
Additionally, Singapore Airlines customers can connect to Air India’s international flights from Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai and travel to 12 destinations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Target cities include Copenhagen in Denmark, Paris in France, Frankfurt in Germany, Milan in Italy, Nairobi in Kenya, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Colombo in Sri Lanka, and Birmingham and London (Gatwick Heathrow) in the UK. .
Both companies plan to gradually expand the routes covered by the codeshare alliance.
Once approval is obtained from the relevant authorities, codeshare flights on the target routes will be sold sequentially through each airline’s various reservation channels.
Air India CCO Nipun Aggarwal said:
“Air India and Singapore Airlines are long-standing partners, and with this expanded codeshare partnership, we are pleased to announce that Air India and Singapore Airlines are long-standing partners. Connecting to destinations in Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania is now even more convenient. Singapore Airlines also offers flights within India and to multiple destinations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East via its hubs in India. I look forward to showing you around.”
Singapore Airlines CCO Lee Liksin said:
“Singapore Airlines and Air India’s codeshare expansion reflects the strong partnership between the two companies. It is a demonstration of our commitment and contributes to the growth of the aviation market by adding Air India’s domestic network to our codeshare fleet, which will enable us to better serve our customers in India, an important market for the Singapore Airlines Group. We will now be able to offer more choice and convenience.”
