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2011–2013: Inception
In May 2011, Singapore Airlines announced it would establish a low-cost subsidiary airline for medium and long-haul routes. In July 2011, Singapore Airlines announced Campbell Wilson as the founding CEO of the new airline. In November 2011, the airline was named "Scoot". In June 2012, Scoot flew its first flight from Singapore to Sydney Airport in Australia. In June 2012, Scoot started flying to Gold Coast, its second Australian destination.
In October 2012, Scoot announced that its parent company Singapore Airlines would be transferring the 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners they had ordered to Scoot to replace the existing fleet of Boeing 777-200 aircraft and help with its ongoing expansion and future growth. Scoot began to consider having a mixed fleet of different variants of the Boeing 787, instead of having an all-Boeing 787-9 fleet. In October 2012, Scoot announced that passengers could purchase "Interline" tickets with Tigerair.
In January 2013, Scoot announced it would increase its fleet by taking delivery of a fifth Boeing 777-200 by the end of May or early June, to add two or three more routes to the network. The airline also introduced ScooTV, an in-flight entertainment streaming service for passengers, and iPads for rent. In March 2013, Scoot announced that it would launch a thrice-weekly connecting flight between Singapore, Taipei and Seoul.
The route was the first low-cost flight between Singapore and Seoul. As part of the launch campaign, Scoot allowed customers to determine the launch fares through a social media campaign. The next day, Scoot announced that the 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliners they have on order would be 10 Boeing 787-8s and 10 Boeing 787-9s. In June 2013, Scoot started its Singapore-Taipei-Seoul flight. In November 2013, Scoot began its five-weekly flights from Singapore to Hong Kong, which increased to daily services in December 2013. Later that December, Scoot commenced its five-weekly flights from Singapore to Perth.
2014–2015: Expansion
In September 2014, Scoot announced that it would introduce the Boeing 787-9 in Sydney, Perth and Hong Kong from March 2015. Bangkok and Gold Coast followed in late April. Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Shenyang and Qingdao came in May. In December 2014, Scoot announced it would launch services from Singapore to Melbourne in November 2015, using Boeing 787 aircraft. In December 2014, Scoot announced its new long haul carrier in Thailand, NokScoot, a joint venture between Scoot and Nok Air. NokScoot began commercial flights from Bangkok's Don Mueang airport in the second half of 2014. Nok Air owned 51% of NokScoot, with Scoot owning remaining 49%.
In February 2015, Scoot took delivery of the first of 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The aircraft entered service in February 2015 and were deployed on the Singapore-Perth route. It was then operated on the Singapore-Hong Kong route the next day. As Scoot continues to take deliveries of the Boeing 787, the airline has phased out all six of its aging Boeing 777 aircraft acquired from Singapore Airlines. Scoot would then begin to transition to an all-Boeing 787 fleet. On the completion of the transition, Scoot would operate a total of 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
In July 2015, parent company Singapore Airlines announced that Scoot suffered an operating loss of S$20 million during the first quarter of the 2015 financial year and achieved a load factor of 81.4%. In October 2015, Singapore Airlines announced that Scoot would replace its existing Singapore to Jeddah service via Dubai and launch direct services between Singapore and Jeddah. The new flights began in May 2016 after regulatory approvals. In April 2016, Scoot announced its intention to start flights to three Indian cities: Amritsar, Chennai, and Jaipur, subject to regulatory approvals. Scoot's parent company, Singapore Airlines, would serve the maximum number of 15 cities allowed after the start of Scoot's services to India.
In May 2016, Scoot joined the world's largest low-cost carrier alliance, Value Alliance. In May 2016, Singapore Airlines established Budget Aviation Holdings, a holding company to own and manage its budget airlines Scoot and Tiger Airways, following the delisting of Tiger Airways from the Singapore stock exchange.
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2016–2019: Merger with Tigerair
In November 2016, Singapore Airlines announced that Tigerair would merge into Scoot. The rebranding did not affect the existing joint-ventures Tigerair Australia or Tigerair Taiwan. Tigerair Taiwan is co-owned by China Airlines, which holds 80%, and its subsidiary Mandarin Airlines holding the remaining 20%.
In July 2017, Tigerair was merged into Scoot, using Tigerair AOC, but retaining the 'Scoot' brand. With the change of AOC, the IATA code was changed from TZ to TR, and the ICAO code was changed from SCO to TGW. Scoot announced flights to five more destinations: Harbin, Kuantan, Kuching, Palembang and Honolulu. In December 2017, Scoot announced that it will launch flights to Berlin in 2018.
Developments since 2020
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Scoot only flew to Hong Kong and Perth between April and May 2020. On 20 May, Scoot expanded flight operations to six cities: Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Ipoh, Kuching, Penang and Perth. In June, Scoot cancelled both of their routes to Europe, with Athens and Berlin resuming in summer 2021. On 1 August 2020, Scoot resumed flights to Kuala Lumpur, with enhanced health and safety measures. Between August and October, one of Scoot's Airbus A320 aircraft underwent cabin modifications to carry cargo in the cabin. This temporary arrangement doubled its cargo capacity compared to other Airbus A320s, using only bellyhold space.
In November 2021, Scoot announced that London Gatwick would be added to the European network, with thrice-weekly flights from 16 December until the end of the month. The service then resumed on a seasonal basis on 22 March 2022 twice weekly, and then thrice-weekly on 27 March onwards.
On 17 June 2022, Leslie Thng replaced Campbell Wilson as the new CEO of the airline.
On 3 June 2025, Scoot replaced the Singapore-Berlin-Athens route with a new, direct route to Vienna. On 15 December, Scoot commenced operations of direct flights to Iloilo, Okinawa and Labuan Bajo, taking over routes that were operated by Jetstar Asia following their closure in July.
In early November 2025, 21 Scoot planes were affected by the Airbus A320 recall which was due to a software flaw. They were compensated with Embraer E190-E2 jets.
From Wikipedia’s article on Scoot, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5