SINGAPORE – Travellers who fly between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur will have another flight option from Sept 1, with low-cost carrier Scoot set to launch a new daily service to Subang Airport.
The budget arm of Singapore Airlines will operate its Airbus A320 aircraft, which each has about 180 seats, on the route. One-way economy class fares from Singapore start from $83, while one-way fares from Subang start at RM108 (S$31), including taxes.
Flight bookings are available from July 18 via Scoot’s website and its mobile app, and they will be made available progressively through other sales channels.
With the addition of the new Subang service, Scoot will operate 110 weekly flights to a total of 10 points in Malaysia, increasing its overall route network to 70 destinations.
“The new daily flights… aim to provide customers with an alternative option to conveniently travel between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and beyond to the rest of Scoot’s network,” the airline said in a statement on July 18.
Scoot said the flight schedules are subject to government and regulatory approvals and changes.
For now, Scoot’s flight from Singapore to Subang will depart at 11.55am from Changi Airport and arrive in Subang at 1.10pm every day from Sept 1. The flight from Subang will depart at 2.10pm, arriving in Singapore at 3.20pm.
For years, only general aviation and turboprop flights were allowed to operate out of Subang Airport, which is located closer to downtown Kuala Lumpur than the larger Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
This was after all narrow-body jet plane operations were moved to KLIA in 1998.
Hence, before Scoot’s new flights, only Malaysian budget carrier Firefly operated commercial flights between Singapore and Subang, flying ATR72-500 turboprop planes to and from Seletar Airport.
But the Malaysian authorities changed tack in 2023, allowing the resumption of jet plane operations at Subang as part of a longer-term rejuvenation plan for the airport.
Malaysian media reported earlier in July that six airlines have received approval from the Malaysian Aviation Commission to operate narrow-body aircraft services at Subang for an interim period of four years between August 2024 and 2028. This included two foreign carriers.
Scoot was said to be one of the two foreign airlines that got the nod, especially in the light of comments by Scoot chief executive Leslie Thng in May expressing interest in operating the carrier’s new Embraer E190-E2 jets from Singapore to Subang.