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SCOOT Tigerair, Silk Air’s LCC (low cost carrier) airline from Singapore, opens a Singapore-Manado flight route. This flight has been planned for a long time, finally today it can be realized on its maiden flight using an Airbus A320 aircraft which has a capacity of 180 pax.
According to the GM of Samrat Minggus Gandeguai Airport, in Manado, North Sulawesi, said I hope that this pandemic will end soon so that in the future routes like this can return to life and North Sulawesi tourism will resume its activities.
Minggus explained that the Singapore-Manado route, which had stopped in early 2020, is now back in operation, finally today Scoot Tigerair, the LCC (low cost carrier) airline belonging to Silk Air from Singapore, landed at Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado on its inaugural flight from Changi International Airport. Singapore.
Scoot Tigerair is scheduled to serve this flight route once a week, namely on Friday with a flight time from Singapore at 09.25 and arriving in Manado at 13:15 WITA, while on the opposite route Scoot Tigerair will depart from Manado at 14.00 WITA and arrive in Singapore at 17.30 local time. Singapore.
First landing at Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado, Scoot Tigerair with flight number TR 216 was greeted with a water salute, which is the spraying of water through the water cannon of an airport fire engine that is shaped like a gate arch for aircraft in the taxiway area.
“This flight also carries cargo which is dominated by marine product commodities, so fishery products from North Sulawesi can be sent directly to Singapore without taking a long journey,” added Minggus. [antaranews/photo special]
