Scoot

Scoot is the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. It is based at Singapore Changi Airport, where its head office sits in Terminal 3 and its flights operate from Terminal 1, and almost all of its network radiates from Singapore. What sets it apart from most low-cost airlines in this directory is the mix of flying: alongside short regional hops it runs medium- and long-haul routes with widebody Boeing 787s, reaching as far as Europe.

Origins

Singapore Airlines announced in May 2011 that it would create a low-cost airline for medium- and long-haul routes, appointed Campbell Wilson as founding chief executive that July, and named the new carrier Scoot in November 2011. The first flight, from Singapore to Sydney, operated on 4 June 2012. Scoot's own account says it started with two Boeing 777-200 aircraft taken over from its parent.

The airline's shape changed in 2017. Singapore Airlines had run a second budget carrier, Tigerair, focused on short-haul flying with Airbus A320s. In July 2017 Tigerair was merged into Scoot: the combined airline kept the Scoot brand but took over Tigerair's operating certificate, which is why Scoot's codes changed from TZ/SCO to Tigerair's TR/TGW. The merger brought the A320 fleet into Scoot and turned it into a mixed short- and long-haul operation. Leslie Thng succeeded Campbell Wilson as chief executive on 17 June 2022, and Scoot became a full member of IATA in November 2022.

Fare model

Scoot sells Economy and a higher ScootPlus product. Economy fares include cabin baggage of up to 10 kg across two pieces, but checked baggage is an add-on; ScootPlus includes a checked allowance. Scoot flights can be earned and redeemed through Singapore Airlines' KrisFlyer programme, and the airline has codeshare or interline agreements with a range of carriers, including its parent.

Fleet

Scoot flies three aircraft families. The long-haul fleet moved to the Boeing 787 from 2015, when the first of ten 787-9s arrived, and the original 777s were gone by August 2016. Short-haul flying uses the Airbus A320 family, including A321neos that entered service in June 2021. In 2024 Scoot added the Embraer E190-E2, a smaller jet it uses to open thinner Southeast Asian routes; the first began operations on 7 May 2024. On 7 May 2026 it announced a firm order for five more A320neo-family aircraft and exercised options on six more, with deliveries from 2028. Scoot says its average fleet age is about six years.

No current official fleet total was found. The fleet table on Wikipedia, dated October 2025, lists 63 aircraft: 24 Boeing 787s, 30 Airbus A320-family jets and 9 E190-E2s. Treat that as a dated figure rather than a current count.

Network changes in 2025–26

Scoot's press releases show steady regional expansion. In June 2025 it began direct Singapore–Vienna flights, replacing its Berlin–Athens routing. During 2025 and early 2026 it added or announced services to destinations including Da Nang, Nha Trang, Kota Bharu, Chiang Rai, Okinawa, Tokyo Haneda, Labuan Bajo, Medan, Palembang and Semarang, and it took over several routes left by the closure of Jetstar Asia in July 2025. In 2026 it announced E190-E2 flights to Belitung and Pontianak in Indonesia and a three-times-weekly A320neo service to Guiyang in China from 26 October 2026.