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27 January 2005 Issue No.37-05

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Earlier Flight Closure Time

To provide greater flight punctuality to passengers, both Singapore Airlines and SilkAir have been closing their check-in and boarding gates for their flights departing from Singapore earlier.

All SIA and SilkAir flights departing from Singapore have stopped accepting passengers for check-in at 40 minutes to departure time, even if there are confirmed reservations. This include passengers who have already done advance check-in via phone, internet or facsimile.

Boarding gates have been closing 10 minutes before the flights' scheduled time of departure. Passengers who are not at the boarding gate when the gate closes will be denied boarding and offloaded.

Relocation Of Singapore Airlines Shuttle Ticket Sales Counter

With immediate effect, Singapore Airlines' sales counter for shuttle tickets to Kuala Lumpur at Passenger Terminal Building 2 (PTB2) has been relocated to the main SQ Ticket Office, located at #026-023/024 in PTB2.

Singapore Airlines' Ticketless Travel To Nanjing

With effect from 25 January 2005, SIA passengers can travel ticketless to Nanjing on e-Tickets (electronic tickets).

Paper tickets issued on/after 25 January 2005 for travel to Nanjing will be subjected to a surcharge of S$30 as per current practice.

With the addition of Nanjing, SIA will have a total of 49 destinations that accept ticketless travel (e-Tickets). Please refer to the following table for a list of these destinations.

Region	Destinations that accept ticketless travel
Region	Destinations that accept ticketless travel
America (5 points)	Newark, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver
Europe (9 points)	Amsterdam, Athens, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London, Manchester, Paris, Rome, Zurich
North Asia (12 points)	Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Shanghai, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nanjing
South-east Asia (9 points)	Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Manila, Denpasar, Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Hanoi
South West Pacific (7 points)	Auckland, Christchurch, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
West Asia (7 points)	Dubai, Madras, Cairo, Dacca, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Capetown

Lufthansa

Lufthansa's daily return flights between Singapore and Jakarta will be discontinued with effect from 28 March 2005.

As a result of this change, their daily flights from Frankfurt to Singapore will be a turnaround flight. There is also a change in flight numbers as mentioned below:

Flight No.	Routing	Departure	Arrival

LH 777	SIN-Frankfurt	23:05	05:25+1
LH 776	Frankfurt-SIN	22:10	15:55+1

Services from Frankfurt to Jakarta will be routed via Bangkok using the original flight numbers LH 778/779.

For those tickets which have been issued for travel to Jakarta on or after 28 March 2005, a full refund will be given at no charge.

Suspension Of Flights To Phuket And Hatyai

Thai Airways International has suspended flights from Singapore to Phuket and Hatyai and vice versa since 15 January 2005 until further notice.

All passengers who are already booked and ticketed and who still wish to travel will be involuntarily rerouted via Bangkok without any additional surcharge/fee. Stopover in Bangkok is not permitted. For those who wish to cancel their trip altogether, TG will waive the refund administrative fee on such tickets submitted for refund.

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