Hi everybody!
Let's continue my South-East Asian routing with an international flight from Ipoh Malaysia to Singapore.
The goal of this trip was to spend 3 days in Pulau Pangkor, an island located on the Western Coast of Malaysia, near Ipoh. It's an authentic island, with few tourists.
For the outward journey, we choose a night bus to save time. For the return, we had the choice between Scoot, which is part of the SQ group and AirAsia. We choose Scoot only because it was the last flight leaving Ipoh, for a decent price of $35.
Flight routing
- 1TR483 - Economy - Ipoh –> Singapore - Airbus A320
We commuted from downtown Ipoh by Grab.
As you can see, Ipoh is a small regional airport with flights to Singapore and JB. AirAsia, Scoot and Malindo are the only airlines landing there.
Let's move inside to enjoy some fresh air.
We will be the last flight leaving Ipod today.
Check-in was mandatory for all passengers, as online check-in was not available.
I got easily a window seat. Our A320 will be full today. Commuting by air from Malaysia to Singapore can save a lot of time, since you avoid queuing at the Causeway.
Waiting from immigration to open.
Ipoh airport has a decent size for the number of flights it welcomes.
Online check-in is available with AirAsia
Immigration opened 90 minutes before departure.
Immigration and security screening took no more than 10 minutes. The boarding area was too small for a full A320.
Waiting for my A320…
The only runway of IPH.
Landing of my A320 from Singapore.
No jet bridge nor pushback are required at Ipoh, saving time and money for airlines.
Playing some ping pong?!
9V-TAZ will bring me back to Singapore.
Disembarkation of passengers started very quickly.
We decided to board last to avoid queuing (no Covid at that time!).
Nice walk on IPH :)
My friends and I will be the only "Western" people on the flight. Ipoh region is not very touristic.
Quick welcome by the crew, and let's move to 11F.
55 minutes of flight were announced by the crew. Push-back at 5h40PM.
And take-off!
Some storms around us.
Seats were ok
But legroom was the worst I have ever seen (28,5)… Anyway, the flight is short and cheap :)
BOB, expensive and not tasty. Avoid it and prefer the one from AirAsia.
No Duty Free, which is prohibited from Malaysia to Singapore.
Sumatra
Pulau Assan
Pulau Karimunbesar
Some islands near Batam
Batam
Boats waiting to enter in SG harbour.
Tanah Merah Golf Club.
B737-800 Silkair taking-off
Changi was busy at that time, with all terminals open.
Landing at 6h40PM.
SYD or SIN?
B787-10 Singapore Airlines
Qantas x5
A320 Jetstar Asia
A330-200 Fiji Airways
A350-1000 Qatar Airways
B787-8 Scoot
A320 Silkair
A320 Scoot
A380 Lufthansa
Disembarkment on time :)
Massive queue at T2 immigration. As a PR, I avoided it.
Thanks for your reading and feel free to comment :)
Hi, Nicobcn!
I really enjoyed reading your report!
It should be mandatory for airports to have boarding rooms that can accommodate all the passengers of a plane comfortably, I think! I hate sitting on the floor!
I have been at this kind of airports where planes come, stop, and leave without having to push back. Feels funny. It's a bit like taking a bus! :D
He must be good, as he's playing with two rackets! XD
I always forget the name of those racket-like thingies.
I'm not sure I like Scoot's livery. What color is that? Mustard? Or baby poop?
I wonder what this plane's name means. I only found this on the internet:
"In the Malaysian Hokkien community, jiak hong means travelling and is a direct translation of the Malay term “makan angin” which carries the same meaning."
Nothing like a nice stroll around the apron!
But look at that braised chicken with rice or makhani chicken with basmati rice!!! I have never tried them but they look heavenly! Come and try LATAM and you will learn to appreciate that menu!! lol
Some day I will visit those exotic places! In the meantime, thank you very much for sharing this report and those fantastic photos! Have a great 2021 with lots of flights and reports! :)
Thanks for the nice comment !
I agree ! When you know that airport taxes can be closed to $30, that's a minimum to have enough seats for everybody.
No just a kind of flashy yellow.
I have tried LATAM in Peru and never considered buying something from the BOB^^
Have a great 2021 too !
Ki Jiak Hong kinda means to go and slack.
I see. Thanks, tn92! :)