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Following interesting bits taken from report from THE TELEGRAPH
The budget subsidiary of Singapore Airlines says it hopes to start flights between India and Europe using its so-called "fifth freedom" privilege, which allows airlines to carry passengers between two foreign countries as a part of services that connect with their home country.
"Since we have fifth freedom, we can operate direct flights from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata to destinations like Copenhagen, Vienna, Cairo and Manchester," Bharath Mahadevan, head of the airline’s operations in the country,
told the Times Of India. Scoot favours flights to Manchester over London to avoid luring customers from its parent company, Singapore Airlines.
Am I missing something? Last time I looked Singapore Airlines fly to Manchester as well as London.
Or does this mean ditching Houston (at least via MAN) and switching SIN-MAN to Scoot?