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SilkAir to begin nonstop flights to Hiroshima from Oct.
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With the launch of the Hiroshima service, the combined Singapore Airlines-SilkAir network will serve a total of six Japanese cities, including Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo's Haneda and Narita airports. (Shutterstock/Sudpoth Sirirattanasakul )
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ilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, said Tuesday that it will launch nonstop flights between Singapore and Hiroshima in October.
They will be the only nonstop flights between Hiroshima and Singapore, the airline said.
The flights, which will operate on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, will also be SilkAir's first service to Japan and will utilize Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Singapore Airlines operated Singapore-Hiroshima flights between 1993 and 2003.
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With the launch of the Hiroshima service, the combined Singapore Airlines-SilkAir network will serve a total of six Japanese cities, including Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo's Haneda and Narita airports.
"Hiroshima has been popular with Singaporeans, due to its historical significance, good weather and proximity to various attractions in neighboring cities," SilkAir Chief Executive Foo Chai Woo said.
"We are also hopeful that the Japanese traveling to Singapore from Hiroshima will find this route more convenient, especially for connecting to the other Southeast Asian destinations that SilkAir serves," he said.
An industry source said that Hiroshima, well known as the city where the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, ending World War II, has become more popular in recent years among Singaporean tourists.
Most of them go there for the food and sightseeing.
