SilkAir scraps Padang flights

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 | Source: AP

BANGKOK: Singapore Airlines Ltd.'s regional unit SilkAir said on Monday it scrapped flights to Krabi in Thailand and Padang in Indonesia "following a strategic review of its network operations."

SilkAir will stop flying twice a week to Padang starting Feb. 23 and Krabi on March 1. The two resort locations were affected by the Dec. 26 tsunami.

"Both Thailand and Indonesia will continue to remain a vital part of SilkAir's network," through other airports, the airline said in a statement to the Singapore exchange.

Tourists have shunned beaches hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami that was triggered across the Indian Ocean by a magnitude-9 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia. -- Bloomberg

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