Scoot touches down in Changi with its 14th Dreamliner

Scoot's 14th Dreamliner touched down at Changi Airport on Friday at around 5pm (Singapore time), after the budget carrier took delivery of the Boeing 787-8 aircraft from plane-maker Boeing's delivery centre in Everett on Thursday morning (US time). With this, the low-cost airline now has two B787s kitted out with crew bunk beds, which will enable the launch of long-haul operations to Athens from June. Lee Lik Hsin (left), chief executive of Budget Aviation Holdings, and Dinesh A Keskar, Boeing's senior vice-president for sales for the Asia-Pacific and India, took photocalls for the event in Seattle. Scoot plans to launch a second route by year-end, with Honolulu touted as one potential destination, and aims to operate three to four long-haul routes within the next two to three years. It is currently studying locations in Europe as well, such as Berlin and Vienna.