Scootin’ off from Jogja YIA 🛫

The end of a holiday is always a bittersweet moment as the end of one trip always means that we can start looking forward to the next one already 😂 As I depart from Yogyakarta with Scoot TR201, I thought it might be useful to others to document my experience here. Arriving at Yogyakarta airport (YIA) on the airport express train, it is just a short walk and a few escalators up to the departure concourse. Today’s check-in counter was at B17-19. While I have already performed online check-in and had a mobile boarding pass, I wanted to tag this flight to my Krisflyer frequent flyer account. This could be done at the counter. At the counter, the staff also offered to check-in my hand carry baggge as Scoot was trying to alleviate the space crunch. Forward thinking by Scoot 👍 Once they was done, we whizzed over to airport security as there was not much to do in the departure concourse. Past airport security, there are a couple of shops and restaurants including Starbucks, Circle K, De Wave (massage) etc. Also, don’t miss the fantastic views of the runway and the sea from here! I find YIA’s current airport layout unique as international flights depart only from gates 1C to 1F and there is yet another layer of security check and passport control to get to these gates. The transit area that we first entered was for domestic flights only. Our flight to Singapore was departing from gate 1E. 1.5 hour to our flight departure, the gantry to these gates opened. In this international transit area, there are no shops, so if you want to get any last minute snack or souvenirs, it would be better to get it in the domestic transit area! 30 mins before scheduled departure, boarding commenced and the ground staff separated us into 2 queues - 1 for board me first passengers, and the other for normal passengers. Boarding was smooth and while cabin locker space was in high demand , it was still sufficient for all passengers. Really kudos to Scoot for encouraging passengers to check-in cabin baggage where possible. Now, where to next? 🤔 #winhkflight #winhkflight To me, Hong Kong is a city that has so much to offer - culture, outdoors, nightlife, food and history! I want to travel to Hong Kong to visit Disneyland, the artistic K9 mall at Tsim Sha Tsui, eat the milk pudding at Yee Shun Dairy Co. and...so much more!