1. Because NokScoot’s Boeing 777-200 was so old! NokScoot Airlines is a division of Scoot Air. Scoot air is also a division of Singapore Airlines. Unfortunately, you can’t earn miles for Star Alliance when flying with the low cost carrier versions.
2. Scoot Tigerair Pte Ltd, operating as Scoot, is a Singaporean low-cost airline which is a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. It launched flights on 4 June 2012 on medium and long-haul routes from Singapore, predominantly to Australia, China, and India. Initially, Scoot's fleet consisted of Boeing 777 aircraft.

1. Scoot 777 Cabin
2. Nok Scoot 777
3. Scoot. 777. Toy

The front of Scoot's Boeing 777 – a refurbished plane handed down from parent company Singapore Airlines – predictably belongs to business class. There are 32 ScootBiz seats in a 2-4-2 layout across four rows – 11, 12 14 and 15.

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NokScoot Airlines Company Limited (commonly referred to as NokScoot) was a Thailand-based low-cost airline, operating medium to long-haul international services out of Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport. On 26 June 2020, the airline ceased its operations and was liquidated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

History[edit]

On 16 December 2013, Scoot announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Nok Air to establish a new carrier in Bangkok, operating on medium and long-haul routes with a fleet of Boeing 777-200 aircraft.^[3] NokScoot is a joint venture of Thailand's Nok Air and Singapore based Scoot.^[4] The airline has operated commercial flights out of Don Mueang International Airport since 20 May 2015.^[5] Nok Air owns 51% of NokScoot, with Scoot, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, owning the remaining 49% – the Thai statutory limit for foreign ownership. The airline had an initial capital of 2 billion baht.^[6]

NokScoot went out of business on 26 June 2020 as it couldn't recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic impact. The board of directors decided on Friday to liquidate the airline. NokScoot returned three aircraft from the five-jet fleet to the parent company in Singapore by the end of June.^[2] The airline company is going to be liquidated after Singapore Airline's low-cost arm Scoot offered to sell it's 49 percent shares to Nok Airlines Plc. for a nominal sum of 1 baht, but the offer was not accepted. NokScoot had been unable to record a full year's profit since its inception in 2014.^[7] The decision of liquidation left 450 employees out of work.^[8]

Destinations[edit]

As of June 2020, NokScoot served or has previously served^[9] the following destinations (at closure):

Scoot 777 Cabin

Fleet[edit]

Nok Scoot 777

All of NokScoot's Boeing 777-200ER aircraft were previously operated by Singapore Airlines, with the first being delivered in November 2014.^[16] The airline's livery was a hybrid between its parent airlines Scoot and Nok Air. At the time of liquidation, the NokScoot fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Scoot. 777. Toy

Cabin[edit]

NokScoot's aircraft were operated in a two-class configuration, Scoot Plus and Economy.

Scoot Plus[edit]

There are 24 Scoot Plus seats in the airline's Boeing 777s. These seats are not lie-flat; the backs recline 8 inches (20 cm) and have a pitch of 38 inches (97 cm). Each seat is 21.7 inches (55 cm) wide and has a footrest and in-arm trays that can be unfolded partially or fully. Similar to its parent airline Scoot, all Scoot Plus seats have in-seat power, while the airfare includes complimentary meals and a checked luggage allowance of 30 kilograms (66 lb).^[17]

Economy[edit]

There are 391 Economy seats,^[18] arranged to provide three different levels of comfort. Standard Economy seats have a pitch of 31 inches (79 cm); Super seats have a pitch of 35 inches (89 cm); and S-t-r-e-t-c-h seats, located at the front of each section of the economy cabin, have a pitch of 36 inches (91 cm). As these are bulkhead and exit row seats, there are no seats in front of them to recline back to invade their space, giving them the most legroom in the Economy cabin. Passengers in Standard Economy may reserve seats for a fee, while the fares for Super seats are higher than for Standard Economy seats; passengers choosing S-t-r-e-t-c-h seats will have to pay more compared to the Super Seats.^[19] Passengers have to pay for meals in economy, either pre-paid or buy-on board. Passengers must also pay for any checked luggage.^[20]

References[edit]

1. ^'Yodchai Sudhidhanakul, NokScoot: Profile and Biography'. Bloomberg.com.
2. ^ ^ab'NokScoot goes out of business'. Bangkok Post. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
3. ^'SIA's new Thai joint-venture carrier NokScoot cleared for take-off'.
4. ^'NokScoot to be established as new low-cost airline'. The Nation. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
5. ^http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism/549135/nokscoot-adds-stopgap-flight
6. ^'Nok Air joins with Singapore's Scoot'. Bangkok Post. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
7. ^'NokScoot Airlines to be liquidated'. The Nation Thailand. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
8. ^'NOKSCOOT SHUTS DOWN AMID LOSSES IN CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC'. Khaosod English. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
9. ^https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/06/29/nokscoot-to-enter-liquidation/
10. ^ ^abcdefgh'Route Map'. NokScoot. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
11. ^'NokScoot adds Shanghai service from Feb 2019'. Routesonline. 28 January 2019.
12. ^https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/281917/nokscoot-adds-delhi-service-from-mid-dec-2018/
13. ^'NokScoot adds Osaka service in late-Oct 2018'. Rotesonline. 23 August 2018.
14. ^'NokScoot adds Sapporo service from late-Oct 2019'. routesonline. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
15. ^'NokScoot Confirms Tokyo Launch from June 2018'. bangkokpost.com. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
16. ^'Thailand's NokScoot takes delivery of first B777'. ch-aviation. 26 November 2014.
17. ^ ^ab'ScootBiz'. NokScoot. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
18. ^ ^ab'NokScoot Sale Guide Introduction'(PDF). NokScoot. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 June 2017.
19. ^'Economy Class'. NokScoot. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
20. ^'The Frills'. NokScoot.

External links[edit]

Media related to NokScoot at Wikimedia Commons