Singapore: Eight Asian low-cost carriers including subsidiaries of Japan's ANA Holdings Inc and Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) have formed a landmark alliance allowing travellers to book flights across their platforms for the first time.
In a statement on Monday, the group Value Alliance said passengers will be able to book over 160 destinations via the websites of ANA's Vanilla Air, SIA's Scoot and Tiger Airways, Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd's Tiger Airways Australia, Thailand's Nok Airlines PCL and NokScoot, Cebu Air Inc's Cebu Pacific, and South Korea's Jeju Air Co.
The alliance, which excludes bigger budget carriers like AirAsia Bhd, will increase the geographical reach of its members by using the strength of each partner's website in its home market, Campbell Wilson, chief executive officer of the medium-haul airline Scoot, told reporters in Singapore.
"We are doing this for our own strategic reasons," Wilson said, when asked if AirAsia and Jetstar from Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd were invited. "The fact that you don't see the others here speaks for itself."
Value Alliance also excludes Indonesia's Lion Air and India's IndiGo.
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In a statement on Monday, the group Value Alliance said passengers will be able to book over 160 destinations via the websites of ANA's Vanilla Air, SIA's Scoot and Tiger Airways, Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd's Tiger Airways Australia, Thailand's Nok Airlines PCL and NokScoot, Cebu Air Inc's Cebu Pacific, and South Korea's Jeju Air Co.
The alliance, which excludes bigger budget carriers like AirAsia Bhd, will increase the geographical reach of its members by using the strength of each partner's website in its home market, Campbell Wilson, chief executive officer of the medium-haul airline Scoot, told reporters in Singapore.
"We are doing this for our own strategic reasons," Wilson said, when asked if AirAsia and Jetstar from Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd were invited. "The fact that you don't see the others here speaks for itself."
Value Alliance also excludes Indonesia's Lion Air and India's IndiGo.
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