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In March 2018, Singapore Airlines announced that its regional subsidiary, SilkAir, would begin to join its parent airline. Later that year, Singapore Airlines’ low-cost wing Scoot began to take over SilkAir’s routes. Since then, integration has continued steadily. One step of this is to repaint the SilkAir aircraft in the Singapore Airlines livery.
Leaving the store
Our first look came from the Twitter account of the Indonesian website. Aviatren. An image of a Boeing 737-800 in Singapore Airlines livery was released on September 15.
Singapore B737 🥰😍 pic.twitter.com/Qp9ayVQo4c
– Aviatren (@aviatren) September 5, 2020
As you can see from the image above, it is nothing too revolutionary or groundbreaking. The paint job matches the rest of the Singapore Airlines fleet, with the wordmark on a dark blue and gold band. On the tail is the airline’s logo, a stylized bird representing a mythical bird known as the silver kris.
According to One Mile At A Time (OMAAT), this first 737-800 to receive its revised livery has the registration code 9V-MGA. This aircraft is six and a half years old and has only flown with Silk Air. OMAAT also reports that this particular aircraft has been on the ground for more than five months, operating its last flight on March 20.
Airfleets indicates that SilkAir has 16 Boeing 737-800s in its fleet, with six 737 MAX 8s in stock and seven other orders. Presumably the remaining aircraft will also be repainted in Singapore Airlines colors.
Resuming flights slowly
Singapore’s news outlet Business Times reports that Singapore Airlines and SilkAir have reestablished flights to six cities and increased the frequency of selected services on their passenger network. The news was first reported in late August.
The six cities are as follows:
- Cebu in the Philippines
- Istanbul in Turkey
- Milan in Italy
- Perth in Australia
- Phnom Penh in Cambodia
- Taipei in Taiwan
By the end of November, the SIA group’s passenger capacity is scheduled to reach approximately 11% of its pre-pandemic capacity. The figures are being compared to January, just before the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Both Singapore Airlines and SilkAir will continue to adjust capacity to meet the demand for international air travel.
Continuing with the integration
While Singapore Airlines has already taken over some services, it appears that SilkAir will continue to operate some services under its brand.
In fact, according to the latest Singapore Airlines flight schedules, SilkAir will continue to operate the following flights outside of Singapore:
- Phnom Penh in Cambodia (MI607 and MI608)
- Medan in Indonesia (MI233 / 234, as well as MI237 / 238)
- Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia (MI323 and MI324)
- Cebu in the Philippines (MI559 and MI560)
What do you think of Singapore Airlines ending the SilkAir brand? Can you see this negatively impacting the customer in any way? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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