Good news for Territorians, for years the only option to Singapore was Jetstar or if you were desperate enough Air Asia connecting in Denpasar (on seperate PNR's).
It's good to see Virgin expanding domestically too. The Northern Territory is pretty much one of the last Qantas strongholds' they need to break into.
I'm a bit curious about the timings.
I guess it will be arranged so Silkair leaves Singapore early evening gets into Darwin around Midnight then leaves around 0300 it should get back into Singapore around 0600 local. If this Virgin flight leaves Sydney in the late evening arrives into Darwin around Midnight leaves at 0200 it would get back to Sydney around 0700 (0800 DST Months) similar to the existing Brisbane flight. If they retime the Melbourne flight that would allow passengers from the east coast to make a short connection in Darwin before arriving in Singapore at dawn the same would be true for the return pattern.
I guess time will tell
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