Singapore Airlines and its low cost carrier Scoot are joining the ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ global connections initiative.
The agreement will connect easyJet passengers with SIA flights to Asis via Milan Malpensa airport and with Scoot through Berlin Tegel.
SIA will becomes the first full service airline to join, with through connections expected to be available to book on the easyJet website within the coming months.
EasyJet is talking to Gulf carriers among others to join the global airline connections portal.
SIA and Scoot join other ‘Worldwide’ partner airlines Thomas Cook, Norwegian, WestJet, Loganair, La Compagnie, Corsair, Neos and Aurigny.
More than 50 million easyJet customers a year will be able to book connecting flights with these airlines through the easyJet website to around 100 destinations across North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Indian Ocean and soon to the Far East with SIA and Scoot.
The budget airline’s passengers are using Worldwide to connect via its biggest European airport hubs including Gatwick, Milan Malpensa, Berlin Tegel and Venice Marco Polo.
Paris Charles de Gaulle, Paris Orly, Amsterdam Schiphol, Manchester and Edinburgh are to be added in the coming months.
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren said: “We are delighted to welcome Singapore Airlines and Scoot as the newest airline partners to join ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ and provide even more choice for our customers by adding new destinations and the first full-service airline to our Worldwide platform.
“We are pleased to see a strong appetite from partner airports and airlines to expand Worldwide across our network, allowing us to access a greater range of passengers flying across Europe.
“Worldwide by easyJet has grown rapidly since launching almost 12 months ago.
“Over half of easyJet’s flights and 53 million easyJet customers will soon be able to connect to airline partner services and other easyJet flights in a single booking through our online portal.
“We continue to add even more airlines and European airports to ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ with talks already far advanced with Middle Eastern carriers, amongst others.”