SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, began its operations to Hyderabad on Monday, with the inaugural flight being welcomed with a water cannon salute as it taxied to the arrival gate at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here.
The inaugural flight, MI 478, took off from Singapore’s Changi Airport at 1655 hrs and landed at 1900 hrs at RGIA. Initially, the airlines will operate five flights a week between Hyderabad and Singapore and the frequency will be increased to daily services from October 20, 2009.
SilkAir’s Chief Executive Chin Yau Seng, who arrived by the flight, said the connectivity between Hyderabad and Singapore would facilitate the growth and development of business and tourism between the two countries.
The Hyderabad-Singapore flight (MI 477) will depart here daily at 0005 hrs and arrive at Singapore at 0725 hrs. Flight MI 478 will depart Singapore at 2100 hrs and arrive here at 2305 hrs. The timings will remain unchanged from October 20 when the daily services begin.
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