Until Scoot has real pix of its planes we may as well use an AirAsiaX photo

Singapore Airlines’ new long haul widebody low cost carrier Scoot seems to be aiming its second destination choice, the Gold Coast, more at Air AsiaX than anyone else.

It will certainly stress test the Malaysia carrier’s flights to Kuala Lumpur.

Not that anyone on the Gold Coast will be the least concerned about being the epicentre of some classic Malaysia-Singapore rivalries.

No schedule or fare details have been released yet for the five times weekly service, nor the daily service which Scoot has already announced to Sydney as its inaugural offering from this July.

Scoot will have a fleet of four refurbished, freshly crammed ex Singapore Airlines 777-200ERs which will offer two classes of seating this year.  The announced frequencies to Sydney and the Gold Coast take up half of that capacity, and the next cities to be announced for its Singapore home base are expected to be in Asia, although in this industry, anything is possible.