(SINGAPORE) Australia's Jetstar has announced new connections to Singapore via its Indonesian services to Denpasar and Jakarta.
From July 14, Jetstar will operate its existing four-times weekly Perth-Denpasar (Bali) and three-times weekly Perth-Jakarta A320 services onwards to Singapore and return.
All services will commence and terminate in Perth, with the same flight number in each direction.
Jetstar - a Qantas-owned sister carrier of Singapore-based Jetstar Asia - said that the timing of the new Singapore connections will provide north-bound connectivity for passengers flying with Qantas to and from Singapore on to Frankfurt and London. They will also provide a same-day north-bound connection to Mumbai with Qantas from Singapore.
The new connections are in addition to Jetstar's daily, direct Perth-Singapore A320 flight introduced in December last year.
Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan said that the extra services from Perth to Singapore support Jetstar's plan to develop the West Australian capital as a hub in its evolving pan-Asian strategy.
The services effectively double Jetstar's existing capacity into Singapore from Perth, and more importantly, provide Australian and international travellers with a seamless northbound connection out of Singapore.
'Our future introduction of inter-line ticketing, initially through Qantas, as well as planned future inter-line and ticket settlement agreements with leading Asian and European international carriers, will also provide future stimulus to these flights and likely, down-the-line benefits to the Western Australian tourism industry,' Mr Buchanan said.
Last week, Jetstar announced the establishment of a pilot base in Perth to support the growth of its international services and growing footprint in and near Asia.
Jetstar's Perth-Denpasar-Singapore and Perth-Jakarta-Singapore services are now available through Jetstar.com.
This article was first published in The Business Times.
