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Having been wanting to visit the famous Angkor Wat for a long time but held back due to the ridiculously high airfares for such a short flight, it was a surprise when Silkair had a very enticing airfare promotion a couple pf months back of just S$176 return inclusive of taxes to Siem Reap from Singapore. Booked the tickets immediately for me and my friend as the price was even cheaper than Jetstar! Who says budget airlines always offer the lowest prices. It pays to shop around. As it was my friend's birthday, I tried my luck and called Silkair's reservation office to order a birthday cake and what a pleasant surprise we had!more details in my report.
20 January 2010
Silkair
MI 636
Singapore (SIN) - Danang (DAD) - Siem Reap (REP)
A320
9V-SLF
Economy Class
Silkair operates most of its Siem Reap flights as a 3 sector flight, either non-stop or via Danang/Phnom Penh. This flight would be SIN-DAD-REP-SIN. I performed the online check-in before the flight and was successful in obtaining a window and aisle seat for both of us, praying the middle seat will be left empty as the flight was not full. We arrived at Changi Terminal 2 about 2 hrs before the flight and proceeded to the check-in desks to get our boarding passes as well as checked-in our luggage. There were no queues as it was non-peak during that time. Terminal 2 currently is more of a Silkair land as Silkair has taken over quite a number of regional flights from SQ.
FID at Terminal 2. Mostly regional flights operated by MI codeshared with SQ.
Through the efficient immigration and into Terminal 2 transit hall to get a quick bite. Our gate was F32 and the plane had just arrived from Phuket and was being serviced. There were more MI planes and SQ planes parked at the gates!
Our A320 being serviced.
An announcement was made about half an hour before the STD for passengers to proceed to the gate for immediate boarding. However when we reached the gate, boarding had not begun and will only commence 10 minutes later!! Changi is a bit "too efficient" in this aspect of boarding passengers.
Our A320 (9V-SLF) with another smaller sister A319 being towed to the gate.
Boarding was orderly and done by row numbers from the rear of the plane. As the load was light, boarding was finished very quickly. The Silkair girls seemed to be in high spirits as they welcomed all passengers onboard during the boarding process. Proceeded to our seats and I was surprised with the generous seat pitch!! The legroom was more than sufficient for a flight of this length and my 180cm frame was definitely very comfortable in it.
Generous seat pitch. Supposed to be 32" but felt more like 33".
At the gate.
Boarding was completed very quickly and the crew came down the aisle offering newspapers and immigration forms. They also confirmed that a birthday cake was loaded for my friend. However no hot towels were given out (I do miss the SQ hot towels now..). The flight time to Danang was announced by the captain to be 2hr20min. The purser, Felicia, then made the welcome announcement as well as introducing the rest of the crew members. There were a total of 6 cabin crew on the A320, 2(including purser) serving in business class and 4 serving in economy. Safety video was then shown on the overhead drop-down LCD screens.
Safety video being shown. It was very similar to the old SQ safety video.
We were then pushed back and had a very quick taxi to Rwy02C for takeoff. Wow, the pilot was really rushing as we basically gunned down the taxiway!
Taxi to the runway
Turning onto the runway and we were off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqIUwCulC0
Climbing to 38000ft.
Lets have a look at the seat pocket contents. We have the inflight magazine (Silkwinds), duty-free (Skyshop) and the safety card.
The cabin crew then disappeared into the galley to prepare the meals. The overhead LCD screens then came down to show the only inflight entertainment, silent TV shows consisting of Tom&Jerry cartoons and Just for Laughs comedies. Lunch would be served on our flight. About half hour after takeoff, the crew came down the aisle with 2 meal carts. The choices for lunch were either chichken curry with rice or fish with pasta in tomato based sauce. There was also a fruit appetizer and a cup of water on the tray. Drinks, coffee/tea were served with the meal. Initially I chose the chicken while my friend went for the fish. The chicken curry was very good but the fish option was disappointing. My friend then requested for an extra chicken curry casserole and was given one my the crew, who also cheekily remarked that the extra casserole was my friend's birthday present, lol.
Meal service with silent TV programmes shown on the overhead screens.
20 January 2010
Silkair
MI 636
Singapore (SIN) - Danang (DAD) - Siem Reap (REP)
A320
9V-SLF
Economy Class
Silkair operates most of its Siem Reap flights as a 3 sector flight, either non-stop or via Danang/Phnom Penh. This flight would be SIN-DAD-REP-SIN. I performed the online check-in before the flight and was successful in obtaining a window and aisle seat for both of us, praying the middle seat will be left empty as the flight was not full. We arrived at Changi Terminal 2 about 2 hrs before the flight and proceeded to the check-in desks to get our boarding passes as well as checked-in our luggage. There were no queues as it was non-peak during that time. Terminal 2 currently is more of a Silkair land as Silkair has taken over quite a number of regional flights from SQ.
FID at Terminal 2. Mostly regional flights operated by MI codeshared with SQ.
Through the efficient immigration and into Terminal 2 transit hall to get a quick bite. Our gate was F32 and the plane had just arrived from Phuket and was being serviced. There were more MI planes and SQ planes parked at the gates!
Our A320 being serviced.
An announcement was made about half an hour before the STD for passengers to proceed to the gate for immediate boarding. However when we reached the gate, boarding had not begun and will only commence 10 minutes later!! Changi is a bit "too efficient" in this aspect of boarding passengers.
Our A320 (9V-SLF) with another smaller sister A319 being towed to the gate.
Boarding was orderly and done by row numbers from the rear of the plane. As the load was light, boarding was finished very quickly. The Silkair girls seemed to be in high spirits as they welcomed all passengers onboard during the boarding process. Proceeded to our seats and I was surprised with the generous seat pitch!! The legroom was more than sufficient for a flight of this length and my 180cm frame was definitely very comfortable in it.
Generous seat pitch. Supposed to be 32" but felt more like 33".
At the gate.
Boarding was completed very quickly and the crew came down the aisle offering newspapers and immigration forms. They also confirmed that a birthday cake was loaded for my friend. However no hot towels were given out (I do miss the SQ hot towels now..). The flight time to Danang was announced by the captain to be 2hr20min. The purser, Felicia, then made the welcome announcement as well as introducing the rest of the crew members. There were a total of 6 cabin crew on the A320, 2(including purser) serving in business class and 4 serving in economy. Safety video was then shown on the overhead drop-down LCD screens.
Safety video being shown. It was very similar to the old SQ safety video.
We were then pushed back and had a very quick taxi to Rwy02C for takeoff. Wow, the pilot was really rushing as we basically gunned down the taxiway!
Taxi to the runway
Turning onto the runway and we were off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqIUwCulC0
Climbing to 38000ft.
Lets have a look at the seat pocket contents. We have the inflight magazine (Silkwinds), duty-free (Skyshop) and the safety card.
The cabin crew then disappeared into the galley to prepare the meals. The overhead LCD screens then came down to show the only inflight entertainment, silent TV shows consisting of Tom&Jerry cartoons and Just for Laughs comedies. Lunch would be served on our flight. About half hour after takeoff, the crew came down the aisle with 2 meal carts. The choices for lunch were either chichken curry with rice or fish with pasta in tomato based sauce. There was also a fruit appetizer and a cup of water on the tray. Drinks, coffee/tea were served with the meal. Initially I chose the chicken while my friend went for the fish. The chicken curry was very good but the fish option was disappointing. My friend then requested for an extra chicken curry casserole and was given one my the crew, who also cheekily remarked that the extra casserole was my friend's birthday present, lol.
Meal service with silent TV programmes shown on the overhead screens.
The FA on your outbound trip with the ponytail looks like she's been on few of my flights..
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