![]() ![]() ![]() In other words, Scoot would prefer to swerve comparisons to certain European cut-price carriers. We’re cheap and cheerful and represent great value.” “Scoot is not your typical low cost airline,” he said. I joined this inaugural trip for Telegraph Travel to test how its entry level offering fared on a journey UK travellers might more typically take with, say, British Airways.Īhead of my first experience of Scoot, I asked Campbell Wilson, Scoot’s chief executive, what Britons should expect from the company. Scoot launched in 2012, offering routes from Singapore to Australia, China, and India, but it was only on Thursday that it ran its very first flight out of the UK – a non-stop service from London Gatwick to Bangkok, of around 12.5 hours (with some passengers continuing on to Singapore). ![]() Thai Airways, by comparison, typically start from around £550 return. Even checked-in luggage (20kg per person) is charged as an extra – from £41 for each bag. Fares start at £200 one way, or from £368 one way for its premium economy service, ScootPlus. Scoot, a low-cost carrier and part of the Singapore Airlines Group, is now tempting Britons with this back-to-basics experience on flights from London to Thailand. Perhaps you’d consider it at the right price. Twelve and a half hours… would you happily spend that long in the air without the usual, generous selection of Hollywood films, and no sign of free meals or snacks, never mind a complimentary G&T? ![]()
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