SIA offers flights for $58

SIA offers flights for $58

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) is offering 1,500 passengers a chance to fly and check out its new ultra long-range Airbus for S$99 (US$58), SIA said on Friday.

The new aircraft with wider seats and more legroom will start non-stop daily flights between Singapore and Los Angeles on Feb. 3.

From now until the end of the month, excluding the Chinese New Year, the plane will fly to Bangkok, Jakarta and Bali for S$99 one-way fare and S$199 round trip, the national carrier said.

SIA's normal fare for a round trip to Jakarta is S$450, S$300 to Bali and S$320 to Bangkok.

"We decided this would be a good opportunity to let people check the new aircraft out," said Wong Hong, the airline's area vice president.

The service to Los Angeles will take 16 hours and the return service 18 and a half hours, a savings of one and a half to two hours in flying time compared with SIA's current one-stop flights. --DPA