Scoot has announced it first European destination. It will operate the longest non-stop flight on the B787 Dreamliner from 20 June 2017 to Athens in Greece. This will also be the longest flight operated by a low cost carrier with a flight distance exceeding 10,000km.
Currently there are no direct flights between the two cities. Most flights to Athens will require a stop extending the number of hours to get to Greece from over 13 hours inclusive of transit time. Singapore Airlines and Turkish Airlines offers fights to Athens through Istanbul connecting onwards with Aegean Airlines. With this direct flight, Scoot now takes around 11hours 30minutes from Singapore to Athens.
TZ 702 will depart Singapore at 2am and arrive in Athens at 8.30am on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The return flight TZ 701 will depart Athens at 12pm on the same day and arrive in Singapore at 4.25pm the next day.
Mr Lee Lik Hsin, CEO of Budget Aviation Holdings (BAH), said, “Guests have requested us to fly to Europe for a while, and Scoot is excited to finally oblige! Scoot has devoted much thought to configuring our cabin products and services to elevate and transform the low-cost travel experience, enabled by our world-first all-787 Dreamliner fleet, and this has positioned us well to mount our first ever long-haul flight between Asia Pacific and Europe.”
To commemorate this milestone, Scoot is offering one-way Economy FLY fares to and from Athens from S$288 inclusive of taxes and S$888 for ScootBiz. Enjoy 10% off selected FLYBAG and FLYBAGEAT fares by entering the promo code GREEKON.
We checked out the Economy flights on Scoot to Athens in July 2017 with the GREEKON promo code and got a fare of S$793.33 all-inclusive with FlyBagEat which comes with 20kg checked in baggage, a meal, drink and snack. If you wish to top up more for baggage on your return flight you can add on S$20 for 25kg, S$40 for 30kg, S$60 for 35kg or s$80 for 40kg.
