Focus on Tier-II towns, Scoot to fly to SE Asia

Scoot expects its operations in India to grow by just 5-7 per cent in the next few years

Singapore Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary Scoot says it is focusing on Tier-II cities such as Amritsar, Jaipur and Lucknow as it is unable to expand its operations and meet demand from large metros due to lack of slots.

With Indian carriers utilising just 20 per cent of the slots allocated to them to fly to Singapore, the chances of India and Singapore going for bilateral talks to expand capacity will remain a pipe dream. “Given the constraints, we are looking at expanding in Tier-II cities. Last year, we started operating from Amritsar and Jaipur, and about a year and a half ago