Darwin gains joint Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia flights

Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia have announced the first two milestones of their recently approved alliance: new international and domestic routes to Darwin and the launch of frequent flyer programme co-operation.

As part of a joint plan to increase services to Northern Australia, Singapore Airlines regional full service airline, SilkAir, will begin a four times weekly two-class Airbus A320 service between Singapore and Darwin from the end of March, whilst Virgin Australia will complement these flights with a daily routing between Sydney and Darwin with similar aircraft.

The two airlines also confirmed that they would commence reciprocal frequent flyer recognition, enabling KrisFlyer (SIA) members to earn and redeem frequent flyer points on Virgin Australia’s entire network and Velocity (Virgin Australia) participants to earn and redeem frequent flyer points on Singapore Airlines-operated flights.  Reciprocal lounge access is also available for eligible customers.

Qantas provides competition to Darwin with its Jetstar product featuring a two-class Airbus A330 operation. www.silkair.com www.virginaustralia.com www.jetstar.com

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