To mark the start of operations, Norwegian intends to offer one-way Singapore-to-London fares starting from S$199 for economy class, and premium-class tickets from S$839, inclusive of all fees and taxes, according to the press release.
LuxuryTravelled wrote:Originally I understand it was going to be Singapore and Tokyo, but couldn't get Russian overflight permission, so that aircraft went to launching Seattle and Denver.
UAL777UK wrote:Jeeezuz! DY are ripping it up at LGW, good for them.
I don't agree Channex737, I think SQ and BA will be scratching their heads with this. They are defo going to lose punters to this service, especially at those prices, not least in Premium.
TC957 wrote:Very surprised they'd start SIN over BKK to where they already operate out of Scandinavia.
sadiqutp wrote:What would be the state of this flight after Brixet is in place?
Channex737 wrote:This seems quite left field, but if it works it works.
Don't think that Singapore Airlines will be that worried though, different market entirely.
Luisvalero wrote:I've already tried to book MAD-LGW-SIN. The price is 470€ round-trip. Just amazing
ManchesterMAN wrote:Luisvalero wrote:I've already tried to book MAD-LGW-SIN. The price is 470€ round-trip. Just amazing
Not that amazing. BA often sells ex MAD/BCN/BIO to SIN for around €400 return and that includes luggage and meals etc.
theobcman wrote:ManchesterMAN wrote:Luisvalero wrote:I've already tried to book MAD-LGW-SIN. The price is 470€ round-trip. Just amazing
Not that amazing. BA often sells ex MAD/BCN/BIO to SIN for around €400 return and that includes luggage and meals etc.
Absolutely ! Done it myself £363.00 MAD-LHR-SIN-LHR-MAD including IB A345 to LHR. Taking advantage of those cheap ex EU fares !!
EZYAirbus wrote:Excellent deal this is, ive looked at onward travel to Australia and can get a Scoot flight to OOL for £157 return, a little over £500 return when using DY to SIN
TheLion wrote:Interesting news. I don't see this being all about SIN though. Maybe DY will hook up with Scoot to provide great value onward connections to Australia, New Zealand & Indonesia. There's serious potential market potential here.
Armaghman wrote:Given done pacts with othe LCC in Europe will Air Asia work with them in Asia?
Air Asia unable to make Europe Asia work them selves so a tie up with Norwegian will allow them focus on the local region. This would make sense.
Other option is Lion/malindo - personally I'd struggle to fly with them myself, still have visions of the water landing.
PatrickZ80 wrote:TheLion wrote:Interesting news. I don't see this being all about SIN though. Maybe DY will hook up with Scoot to provide great value onward connections to Australia, New Zealand & Indonesia. There's serious potential market potential here.
I don't think they'll hook up with Scoot, which is ultimately owned by Singapore Airlines. Scoot is their biggest competitor on this route. If they're looking for a feeder airline in Asia I'm going to put my money on Air Asia. Of course that would mean shift some destinations in Asia but that can be done.
Just imagine this: You're looking for a cheap flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Then some site comes up with Norwegian + Air Asia. Los Angeles - London Gatwick - Kuala Lumpur on Norwegian and then Kuala Lumpur - Osaka - Honolulu on Air Asia. Might just be the cheapest.
PatrickZ80 wrote:Channex737 wrote:This seems quite left field, but if it works it works.
Don't think that Singapore Airlines will be that worried though, different market entirely.
No, but Scoot will be worried. This is serious competition for their Singapore-Athens flight. I know, Athens is at the other side of Europe but with all the low-cost in Europe this doesn't matter much. From Athens more or less all of Europe is covered.
I think the ones that should be worried are the ME3 carriers as this is a very cheap and convenient way to skip the Middle East. Scoot and Norwegian are often cheaper than Emirates for example.
PS Why did Norwegian never think about interlining with Air Asia? They're a key LCC player covering just about every destination in eastern Asia and they've shown interest in Europe but so far don't seem to get it done. Norwegian can do that for them. One thing: the major hubs for Air Asia are Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok Don Mueang. Norwegian serves neither. They do serve Bangkok, but only Suvarnabhumi. If they shift their Bangkok operations to Don Mueang and their Singapore operations to Kuala Lumpur they'd make a fine LCC partner for Air Asia and the other way around.
TheLion wrote:Singapore is an interesting place but not really the sort of route you'd expect DY to choose over the multitude of other options in the Asia Pacific region. That's why I think they'll look for a connecting partner and examine other routes like you hint.
Seamless, low cost one stop connections onto Bali, Australia & New Zealand is definuely a market DY could take ownership of and effectively be a first mover in this era (with Air Asia's own one stop options having ended a few years back).
Luisvalero wrote:theobcman wrote:ManchesterMAN wrote:
Not that amazing. BA often sells ex MAD/BCN/BIO to SIN for around €400 return and that includes luggage and meals etc.
Absolutely ! Done it myself £363.00 MAD-LHR-SIN-LHR-MAD including IB A345 to LHR. Taking advantage of those cheap ex EU fares !!
I prefer to pay 470€ instead of 800€, call me crazy...