Fly Scoot Tiger to Operate at Terminal 3 Soekarno - Hatta Airport

TEMPO.CO, Tangerang - PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) is preparing to move the operational place of Fly Scoot Tiger Air from Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 at the Soekarno - Hatta International Airport.

“The plan to move the operation of the airline, the Singapore route, will be conducted on Wednesday, March 14,” said Executive General Manager of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, M Suriawan Wakan, Tuesday, March 13.

At Terminal 3, the cost-effective airline that is part of the Singapore Airlines Group will use the counters 11, 12, 13 in area D. The move committed to Angkasa Pura II to help build an airline network with excellent service.” We will fully support the move of Fly Scoot Tiger Air,” Suriawan said.

Fly Scoot Tiger aircraft currently uses two types of Airbus namely A319 and A320. For flight on March 14, it has been scheduled to use the A320. Suriawan further appealed to service users to pay attention to signage and departure terminals related to the operational move.

Since the beginning of 2017, PT Angkasa Pura II has gradually moved the international airlines incorporated in Sky Team, from Terminal 2 to Terminal 3. International route airlines that already operated in Terminal 3 are Garuda Indonesia, Saudi Arabian, Vietnam Airlines, Korean Airlines, Xiamen Air, China Airlines, China Southern, AirAsia International and Korean Air.

As known, in the middle of last year, two low-cost airlines from Singapore, Tiger Air, and Scoot, officially merged. With the merger, all flights which served by Tigerair will be served under the Scoot.

Tiger Air is a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines that has short-haul routes, around Asia. While Scoot has a wider reach to the continent of Europe. The merger of both companies was done to improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of the company's performance.

JONIANSYAH