Scoot (TR) ang LCC subsidiary ng Singapore Airlines group — pinaka-malawak na PH catchment among non-PH LCCs, with 5 cities served (MNL, CEB, DVO, ILO, KLO seasonal). Ultra-low fares, base ticket only, prepaid add-ons. Brand strength 7/10 — strong sa secondary-city outbound from Mindanao at Visayas. KrisFlyer Sprees loyalty (interlinked with SQ ecosystem). Iloilo direct to Singapore launched April 2025.
At a glance
4 Philippine corridors are catalogued for Scoot (TR/TGW), licensed in Singapore, alliance none (SIA group), hubs SIN. 7 out of 10 is the brand-strength score this site assigns the carrier in the Philippine market, with alliance status none (SIA group).
Scoot on migrant-worker corridors
4 of the 4 Philippine corridors Scoot is catalogued on are classified as migrant-worker routes, and the carrier publishes none.
There are two authorities over an OFW departure, and only one is Scoot. The airline controls the seat, the allowance and the rebooking. The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Philippines controls whether you are permitted to leave as a worker at all — the Overseas Employment Certificate, the licensed recruiter record, the contract the immigration officer reads. An offload on documents is not an airline failure and is not refundable as one, which is why the sequence matters: clear the paperwork, then buy the ticket around the cleared date, then claim the baggage entitlement at the counter with the same documents in your hand. Booking first and hoping the paperwork catches up is how a cheap fare becomes an expensive change fee.
- IATA / ICAO: TR / TGW
- Country: Singapore · Alliance: none (SIA group LCC subsidiary)
- PH hub airports: MNL (NAIA T3), CEB, DVO, ILO, KLO (seasonal)
- Filipino brand strength: 7/10
- Frequent flyer: KrisFlyer Sprees (interlinked with SQ)
- OFW program: none formal — strict LCC
Routes from the Philippines
4 Philippine corridors are catalogued for Scoot, from 4 origin airports, about 119 one-way departures a week in total. 7 out of 10 is the brand-strength score this site assigns the carrier in the Philippine market, with alliance status none (SIA group).
Ranked by weekly frequency:
- MNL → SIN — about 80/week, 3.5 h block, migrant-worker corridor.
- CEB → SIN — about 21/week, 3.7 h block, migrant-worker corridor.
- ILO → SIN — about 11/week, 3.7 h block, migrant-worker corridor.
- DVO → SIN — about 7/week, 3.5 h block, migrant-worker corridor.
Read the frequency column before the fare column. On a corridor where Scoot files several departures a week, a cancellation has an obvious home — the next flight is tomorrow. On a corridor served twice weekly the same disruption costs days, and no compensation regime buys back a missed reporting date. Where Scoot is the only operator on the pair, that exposure is at its highest, because rebooking onto a rival needs an interline agreement rather than a phone call.
Scoot operates the broadest PH catchment among non-PH LCCs:
| Origin → Destination | Weekly | Block hours | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| MNL → SIN (Singapore) | ~14 | 3.5 | 2x daily |
| CEB → SIN | ~7 | 3.7 | Daily |
| DVO → SIN | ~7 | 3.5 | Daily, Mindanao direct |
| ILO → SIN | ~7 | 3.7 | Daily, launched Apr 2025 |
| KLO → SIN | seasonal | 3.7 | Boracay tourism, intermittent |
From SIN hub via Scoot’s LCC network, kabayan can connect to: BKK, DPS (Bali), HAN, SGN, KUL, JKT, DAC, KTM, DEL, BOM, CCU, plus selected China cities. Scoot’s strength: secondary-city outbound — DVO direct to SIN ay strategic for Mindanao OFW and tourism; ILO direct ay new but already popular for Western Visayas catchment.
OFW program
0 kg is Scoot’s economy checked allowance, with no OFW uplift recorded in our carrier file. 7 out of 10 is the brand-strength score this site assigns the carrier in the Philippine market, with alliance status none (SIA group). 4 Philippine corridors are catalogued for Scoot, from 4 origin airports.
Scoot has no dedicated OFW program — strict LCC model with no baggage uplift, no priority counters, no OFW-specific fare class. Base ticket has zero checked baggage; lahat add-on (baggage, meal, seat, water onboard). KrisFlyer Sprees points ay interlinked with Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer — pwedeng accumulate sa SIA full-service flights, redeem at burn sa Scoot LCC redemptions. For Singapore-bound OFW (domestic helper, F&B, healthcare, tech), Scoot ay tipid choice kapag may flexibility — savings of PHP 4,000-8,000 RT vs SQ. Pero kontra Cebu Pacific 5J on MNL-SIN: 5J slightly cheaper or comparable; Scoot has stronger ILO/DVO/CEB feeders. Para sa secondary-city kabayan (Iloilo, Davao, Cebu-based OFW), Scoot ay pinaka-importante — direct international without MNL connection saves 4-6 hours total travel time + domestic feeder costs.
Baggage allowance — economy
0 kg is Scoot’s economy checked allowance, with no OFW uplift recorded in our carrier file. 7 out of 10 is the brand-strength score this site assigns the carrier in the Philippine market, with alliance status none (SIA group). 4 Philippine corridors are catalogued for Scoot, from 4 origin airports.
| Bundle / Class | Allowance (kg) | Allowance (lbs) | Cost (PHP, online prepaid) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy Fly (base, no baggage) | 0 kg | 0 lbs | included |
| FlyBag | 20 kg | 44 lbs | PHP 1,200 |
| FlyBagEat (with meal) | 20 kg | 44 lbs | PHP 1,800 |
| 25 kg prepaid add-on | 25 kg | 55 lbs | PHP 1,800-2,200 |
| 30 kg prepaid | 30 kg | 66 lbs | PHP 2,400-2,800 |
| 40 kg prepaid (international long) | 40 kg | 88 lbs | PHP 3,500-4,200 |
| ScootPlus (Premium Economy) | 30 kg + meal + seat | 66 lbs | bundled in fare |
| Excess at airport counter | per kg | per kg | PHP 700-1,000/kg |
| Hand-carry | 10 kg | 22 lbs | included; strict |
Tip: bumili online via Manage My Booking 24+ hours bago mag-flight para ma-discount.
How Scoot compares for Filipino travelers
7 out of 10 is this site’s editorial brand-strength score for Scoot in the Philippine market, against an alliance status of none (SIA group) and 4 catalogued Philippine corridors. It measures reach and recognition, not safety or punctuality. 0 kg is the economy checked base in our carrier file, with no OFW uplift recorded.
Kontra Cebu Pacific 5J on MNL-SIN: parehong LCC, 5J slightly cheaper or comparable on price; Scoot has DVO/ILO direct edge. Kontra Singapore Airlines: full-service vs LCC — SQ PHP 5,000-12,000 mas mahal pero with included baggage + meal + service quality. Kontra Z2 (Philippines AirAsia): Z2 doesn’t fly SIN; Scoot fills that gap. Para sa Mindanao kabayan (Davao, GenSan catchment), DVO-SIN direct ay strategic — Scoot ang only option for direct international ex-DVO sa Singapore. Para sa Western Visayas (Iloilo, Bacolod, Roxas catchment), ILO-SIN direct (new April 2025) ay similarly important — saves substantial time vs MNL connection. Para sa pure MNL-SIN tipid trip, comparison-shop kontra 5J — usually within PHP 500-1,500 of each other. KrisFlyer Sprees integration is value for SIA/Star Alliance flyers.
Scoot checked baggage, and the limits of the uplift
0 kg is Scoot’s economy checked allowance, with no OFW uplift recorded in our carrier file. Against the 4 other carriers this site catalogues on the same Philippine pairs, whose economy allowances average 13 kg, Scoot sits below the field.
No OFW uplift is recorded for Scoot in our carrier file, which makes the 0 kg base the number your planning has to live inside. Whatever the entitlement, weigh at home. Excess bought at the airport counter is priced per kilo at the highest tariff the carrier publishes, and a bag two kilos over on Scoot routinely costs more than the seat upgrade you decided against.
Connecting beyond Scoot’s hub
5 destinations are recorded for Scoot in our carrier file, built around SIN. Only 4 of them are nonstop Philippine corridors — the rest are reached by changing planes at the hub.
A hub-and-spoke network is why a one-stop fare can undercut a nonstop, and also why it sometimes should not be bought. Three checks before you take the connecting price. First, minimum connecting time: it is published per airport and it assumes both flights are on one ticket — if they are not, the number is meaningless to you. Second, transit rules: some countries require a transit visa unless you stay airside on a single ticket, and the exemption disappears the moment you must clear immigration to re-check a bag. Third, the baggage standard actually applied is the operating carrier’s, so on a codeshare or an interline itinerary the allowance printed at the first check-in desk is the one that governs the whole journey — including whether an OFW uplift survives the transfer. Where Scoot operates both legs itself, all three collapse into one contract and the risk drops accordingly. Hubs on file: SIN.
Where Scoot actually sits for a Filipino traveller
7 out of 10 is the brand-strength score this site assigns Scoot in the Philippine market. It is licensed in Singapore, its alliance status is none (SIA group), and it is catalogued on 4 Philippine corridors. 0 kg is the economy checked base in our carrier file, with no OFW uplift recorded.
Be clear what 7/10 measures: recognition and reach in the Philippine market as we score it editorially, on a 1-10 scale. It is not a safety rating, not a punctuality record and not a verdict on the cabin. Where it is useful is in predicting the things recognition actually drives — Filipino-language support at the counter, the density of agents who will handle a change for you, and how quickly a disrupted passenger gets re-accommodated. Alliance status (none (SIA group)) is the other half of that answer: an aligned carrier can hand you to a partner in a disruption, an unaligned one needs an interline agreement to do the same, and when neither exists the recovery option is a new ticket at walk-up price. Weigh both against the fare rather than treating the fare as the whole comparison.
FAQ
4 Philippine corridors and one carrier record sit behind the answers below. Figures come from this site’s own carrier and fare files, and cache readings are labelled as such rather than presented as quotes. 7 out of 10 is the brand-strength score this site assigns the carrier in the Philippine market, with alliance status none (SIA group).
Scoot ba ay SQ? LCC subsidiary ng SIA group — same parent, separate booking. SilkAir merged into Scoot 2019.
Anong PH cities? Lima: MNL, CEB, DVO, ILO (Apr 2025), KLO (seasonal). Pinaka-malawak na non-PH LCC sa PH secondary cities.
Libre baggage? Wala — LCC. Prepaid: 20 kg ~PHP 1,200, 25 kg ~PHP 1,800, 30 kg ~PHP 2,400, 40 kg ~PHP 3,500.
Connect sa SIA via SIN? Oo — interline agreement. Single itinerary Scoot ex-PH + SIA onward to US/Europe/AU possible.
KrisFlyer Sprees worth it ba? Para sa frequent SQ + Scoot flyer, oo — interlinked with KrisFlyer ecosystem, redeem across SIA group.
How much checked baggage does Scoot allow in economy? 0 kg is the economy base in our carrier file, with no OFW uplift recorded.
How many Philippine routes does Scoot operate? 4 Philippine corridors are catalogued for Scoot on this site, from 4 origin airports.
Related
- Manila to Singapore (MNL-SIN) →
- Cebu to Singapore (CEB-SIN) →
- Davao to Singapore (DVO-SIN) →
- Singapore Airlines Carrier Guide →
- Balikbayan Box vs Airline Comparison →
Updated 9 May 2026. FlyPilipinas is a 14-person Filipino editorial team. About the author →.