By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, will begin flights to and from Coimbatore from October and also increase its frequency to Thiruvananthapuram, the airline said Tuesday.
While there will be thrice weekly flights from Coimbatore, SilkAir's frequency to the Kerala capital will increase from four to five in a week.
Coimbatore becomes SilkAir's third destination in south India after Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, a company press release said here.
The airline is also likely to launch flights to Kathmandu later this year.
"We're very excited about the new routes. Both cities are well aligned with SilkAir's network and our vision of championing access to new points in Asia.
SilkAir also plans to boost capacity on existing routes," said SilkAir's Chief Executive Chin Yau Seng.
With the additional flights, SilkAir will operate over 400 weekly services, a growth of 15 percent over last year.