New Airline Routes in Brief: Singapore Airlines, Hainan Airlines, WestJet

Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to increase its Singapore Changi-Hyderabad, India, services from 7X-weekly to 12X-weekly as it takes over Scoot’s daily services between the cities. The new morning service will be operated using 154-seat Boeing 737-8 aircraft from Oct. 29, while the daily evening service will use Airbus A350s, fitted with 303 seats. The schedule adjustment comes as SIA celebrates 20 years of flying to Hyderabad on Oct. 29. From the start of the forthcoming northern winter season, SIA will operate 96X-weekly flights to and from eight Indian cities, while Scoot will operate 44X-weekly flights to and from six Indian cities.

Hainan Airlines plans to resume flights to Paris from Chongqing Jiangbei in November. The carrier will offer one flight per week to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) using Boeing 787-9 aircraft. It last served the sector in February 2020. Hainan currently offers one route to CDG at present, flying twice a week from Shenzhen aboard 787-9s.

Canada’s WestJet has confirmed plans to serve 10 destinations from Regina International Airport (YQR) this winter, while recently acquired Sunwing will offer six routes from the Saskatchewan airport. WestJet will fly to: Calgary, Canada (up to 6X-daily); Cancun, Mexico (up to 3X-weekly); Edmonton, Canada (up to 6X-weekly); Las Vegas (up to 2X-weekly); Orlando, Florida (up to 1X-weekly); Phoenix (up to 2X-weekly); Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (up to 2X-weekly); Toronto (up to 3X-weekly); Vancouver (up to 3X-weekly); and Winnipeg, Canada (up to 4X-weekly). Sunwing’s flights will connect YQR with: Cancun (2X-weekly); Mazatlan, Mexico (1X-weekly); Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (1X-weekly); Puerto Vallarta (2X-weekly); Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (1X-weekly); and Varadero, Cuba (1X-weekly). “Strong air service is vital for the health of our community, and WestJet continues to lead the way in providing the most capacity here at the Regina International Airport,” says James Bogusz, president and CEO of the Regina Airport Authority.

Transavia France will open service between Paris Orly Airport (ORY) and Tallinn Airport (TLL) in April 2024.