India tops Scoot’s priority markets as airline up gauges capacity

India has emerged as the top priority growth market for Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines Group, with the carrier increasing seat capacity by about 5% year-on-year by deploying larger aircraft and strengthening services to secondary cities rather than adding new routes. According to Brian Torrey, sustained outbound demand from non-metro markets and strong onward connectivity via Singapore are driving Scoot’s India strategy.

Written by Akbar Merchant

February 10, 2026 18:31 IST

India tops Scoot’s priority markets as airline up gauges capacity

India has emerged as the top priority growth market for Singapore Airlines Group’s low-cost arm Scoot, with the carrier increasing seat capacity by about 5% year-on-year by leaning on secondary cities and larger aircraft rather than adding new routes.

Scoot currently operates to six Indian cities Amritsar, Chennai, Trivandrum, Coimbatore, Trichy and Visakhapatnam and sees sustained outbound demand from non-metro markets as a key growth driver.

“India continues to be a very important market for us, and we are seeing strong demand not just from metros but increasingly from secondary cities,” said Brian Torrey, General Manager of India and West Asia at Scoot.

Airlines focuses on gauging capacity on existing routes

Instead of expanding its India network footprint, the airline is focusing on up gauging capacity on existing routes as it sees increasing demand. Older A320 aircraft have been progressively replaced with A321neo jets, adding 56 seats per flight thus improving unit economics.

Scoot’s global aviation profile

Globally, Scoot operates to around 80 destinations across 18 countries and territories, with Singapore as its sole hub. Over 40% of passengers from India are travelling beyond Singapore. “We are not just carrying point-to-point traffic. A large share of our Indian customers are connecting onward to Southeast Asia, Japan and Australia,” Torrey said.