Singapore Airlines (SIA) will increase one flight between Singapore and Beijing everyday from June 1 this year, announced the carrier on Monday.

This will add another 288 seats to SIA's present twice-daily flights, representing an increase of 50 percent in capacity, according to a statement by the airlines.

Coded SQ822, the Boeing 777-200 aircraft will depart Singapore at 16:50 p.m. and arrive in Beijing's Capital International Airport six hours later, and the return flight, SQ821, will leave Beijing at 23:55 p.m. and arrive in Singapore at 06:05 a.m. the next morning.

With this new flight, SIA and its "regional wing" SilkAir will operate 120 flights every week to the main cities in China, including Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou and Kunming.

(Xinhua News Agency March 29, 2005)