新加坡推"無目的地航班"

SIA to launch 'flights to nowhere'

新加坡推“無目的地航班”

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is looking to launch no-destination flights that will depart from and land in Changi Airport next month, in a bid to give its ailing business a lift.

新加坡航空公司考慮下月推出無目的地航班，以提振不景氣的航空業。航班將從樟宜機場起飛，經過一段時間的飛行後再降落樟宜機場。

Sources told The Straits Times that the national carrier is working toward launching this option for domestic passengers - dubbed "flights to nowhere" - by end of October.

消息人士告訴《海峽時報》，這家國有航空公司正致力於在10月底前爲其國內乘客推出“無目的地航班”服務。

They said SIA also plans to explore a partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board to allow interested passengers to partially pay for such flights with tourism credits that will be given out by the government.

消息人士表示，新航還計劃與新加坡旅遊局合作，讓感興趣的乘客使用政府發放的旅遊積分支付此類航班的部分費用。

Each flight is expected to take about three hours.

“無目的地航班”每次飛行時間預計爲三小時左右。

A survey of 308 people found that 75% were willing to pay for flights to nowhere.

一項有308人蔘與的調查顯示，75%的受訪者願意花錢購買“無目的地航班”。