Scoot: Ready For Take Off From Singapore To Miri Twice Weekly

By Anthony Tan
VIRGIN Communications
email:  anthonykhtan@yahoo.co.uk

Scoot Tigerair Pte Ltd, operating as Scoot, will launch its twice weekly direct flights from Singapore to Miri effective 23 February.

 
The Singaporean low-cost airline, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, was initially scheduled to commence the Singapore-Miri route on 19 January but had postponed to this new date due to unforeseen circumstances.

According to Sarawak Transport Minister Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin, the letter of confirmation for the route from Scoot was received on 3 February by his ministry. 

Sarawak Transport
Minister Dato Sri
Lee Kim Shin

“With the opening of this new route between Singapore and Miri, the distance, time, and comfort of doing business will be less of a hassle, especially if we need to bring in cargo or business travellers from overseas via Singapore to Miri,” he says.

Additionally, expenses will be greatly reduced compared to transiting in Kuala Lumpur.

Currently, Scoot is operating flights from Singapore to Kuching three times weekly. It will be very timely for the airline to operate the Singapore-Miri route as Miri is the northern gateway into Sarawak.

Miri is also one of the main gateways to numerous wildlife attractions such as Gunung Mulu National Park, which features the world’s largest cave passage at Deer Cave besides other interesting caves. This renowned national park can be reached by air in 30 minutes from Miri.

The city is also the gateway to the fantastic caves at Niah National Park, Sarawak’s largest natural lake at Loagan Bunut National Park and Lambir Hills National Park with one of the world’s biggest biodiversity. 

Dato Sri Lee views the Singapore-Miri route as a manifestation of the airline and other big corporations’ confidence in Sarawak and Miri can offer investors in terms of the oil and gas industry.

Passengers of airlines not using the aerobridge at the Miri Airport will
have to walk to the terminal building

He reminds all travellers entering Sarawak to comply strictly with the standard operating procedures set by Malaysia’s National Security Council, Ministry of Health and the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).

They include filling the EnterSarawak and e-Health form to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the state. 

Just a short drive by road outside the Miri City, tourists can experience the
traditional native welcome ceremony to their longhouse  

Acknowledging the support of the Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office in Singapore, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Ministry of Transport, Malaysia Aviation Commission, Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, Sarawak Tourism Board, Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad, Immigration Department, Custom Department and SDMC, he says the Singapore-Miri flights are now open for booking at Scoot’s website, https://www.flyscoot.com.

Singapore-Miri Flight Schedule

Frequency	From	To	Flight No.	Departure Time	Arrival Time
Wednesday	Singapore	Miri	TR 400	12.20pm	2.20 pm
Saturday	Miri	Singapore	TR 401	3pm	5pm

Garuda Indonesia increase third flight to KLIA

By Anthony Tan email: micemalaysiabeyond@gmail.com

With effect from 19 February, Garuda Indonesia (Garuda) will now fly three times daily between Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta from the present two daily flights.

To welcome Garuda’s inaugural third flight GA816to KLIA, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) managing director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad and Garuda Indonesia president and chief executive officer Bapak Emirsyah Satar were at gate C2 to receive the arriving passengers with welcome gifts. (Picture Right)

Also present at the ceremony were Indonesia Youth & Sports Minister Dr. Andi Alifian Mallarangeng, Indonesia's Social and Culture Minister Suryana Sastra Diredja and Garuda executive vice-president of marketing and sales Muhammad Arif Wibowo.

The arrival of inaugural flight GA 816 to KLIA



Welcome Speech by MAHB managing director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad



Speech by Garuda Indonesia president and chief executive officer Emirsyah Satar


Dr Andi who was in Kuala Lumpur earlier to attend other functions said he was happy to see their national carrier Garuda actively playing their role. He added that last year there were five million passengers travelled between Malaysia and Indonesia by air. In view of the formation of the ASEAN Community by 2015, he sees the potential in bilateral growth in business travellers, tourism and youth and tourism sporting activities between the two countries.

MAHB managing director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad presenting a coffee-table
book on KLIA to Indonesia Youth & Sports Minister Dr. Andi Alifian Mallarangeng. (Picture Right)

Garuda is a full-service network airline with its main hubs in Jakarta, Denpasar and Makassar that serves 31 domestic and 19 international destinations. For the Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta route, Garuda will be using the new Boeing 737-800NG with 12 business class seats and 150 for the economy class with in-flight facilities.

For Garuda’s daily flight schedule between Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta logon: www.garuda-indonesia.com

With Garuda's additional daily flight, now frequent flyers between Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta have more choices to choose the timing of their flights and thus making a day trip to Jakarta possible.

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