Get ready for Taipei and Tokyo

Scoot should be launching ticket sales for its Taipei and Tokyo route either this week or next. If you need to plan, it's advisable to start now.

What we already know:

• The new route will start in October
• It's a daily service
• It will fly to Tokyo via Taipei, which means the entire journey will take at least 9 hrs - 4 hrs 35 min to TPE, followed by a 1 hr 15 min layover, then another 3 hr 10 min to NRT 

What we're anxious to know:

• The flight schedule
• Launch fares

A direct flight from Singapore to Tokyo takes between 7 hrs and 7 hrs 15 min.

Economy seats

Like Jetstar's Taipei - Osaka service, all connecting passengers will have to disembark and go through security screening again at Taipei airport.

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But will you subject yourself to such inconvenience for a SG$300 nett return fare to Tokyo? To leisure travellers, I think the answer is a resounding yes.

So, are you ready to grab those dirt cheap launch fares?

Economy stretch seats

My guess is SG$68 to Taipei and SG$88 to Tokyo, one-way, all-in.