SIA and Garuda Indonesia expand codeshare agreement to Singapore-Jakarta routes

The carriers have already been codesharing for Singapore-Bali and Singapore-Surabaya flights.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Garuda Indonesia expanded their codeshare agreement to include each other’s flight between Singapore and Indonesian capital Jakarta.

With nine flights per day on the route, the carriers started codesharing in 2010 on each other’s flights between Singapore and Denpasar (Bali). In 2014, the agreement was expanded to include flights between Singapore and Surabaya.

SIA’s regional subsidiary SilkAir also codeshares on Garuda Indonesia-operated flights to Denpasar and Surabaya, whilst Garuda Indonesia codeshares on SilkAir-operated flights to ten destinations in its Indonesia network.

SIA and Garuda Indonesia operate a combined total of 175 weekly scheduled services between Singapore and Indonesia, each operating nine flights per day on the route.

“Indonesia is a very popular tourism and business destination and we are pleased to make the country more accessible to travellers from all around the world,” said SIA’s senior vice president for marketing planning, Tan Kai Ping.