SCOOT has selected Tianjin as its first destination in China, with four-weekly services from Singapore scheduled to begin in August.

Flights to two other secondary Chinese cities will be introduced before end-2012, but Beijing is not on the cards, according to a report by Channel NewsAsia.

Ticket sales to Tianjin are expected to start in the following weeks.

The medium- and longhaul low-cost carrier unveiled Australia's Gold Coast as its second destination in February (TTG Asia e-Daily, February 8, 2012), having chosen Sydney as its first port of call (TTG Asia e-Daily, December 1, 2011).