Flying: Scoot B777-200 Economy Class Singapore to Hong Kong 2015

A point worth noting is that check-in for Scoot flights ends 60 minutes prior to departure, unlike 45 minutes for most other airlines.

At check-in, I was disappointed by the counter staff informing me that the aircraft has been changed to a 777-200 instead of the 787-9 originally scheduled for the route. I had been wanting to experience the mood lighting and (presumably) increased legroom on the Dreamliner.

Scoot 220
Singapore (SIN) – Hong Kong (HKG) 
Friday, Jun 5 2015
Depart: 01:55AM
Arrive: 05:40AM
Flight time: 3hr45min
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200

I suppose because the carrier was trying to save on fees, it used one of the gates that was the furthest from the terminal.

We pushed off from gate F60 at 2:06AM, slightly behind schedule, but given the wee hour departure, there was minimal traffic at Changi and we took off after a quick taxi at 2:16AM.

Given that it was a late night departure, the load was fairly light, with about 70% of the seats filled at a cursory glance. 

Since it is a budget carrier, the service was absolutely no-frills. And since it was almost a red-eye flight, I dispensed with all meals/drinks and set out to sleep through the journey, hence essentially experience close to zero service. Having said that, the hard product is decent, with a fair amount of leg room.

Perhaps due to the light load, the air-condition made me feel rather cold and for a moment I regretted wearing berms, though with a jacket it became quite bearable. By this time it was almost 2:30AM, I quickly dozed off while the cabin was still dim from take-off, and managed to stay asleep until we are on the final descent into HKG.

Despite the late departure, we landed on time at 5:36AM.

Coming out of the aircraft, I realised that the plane was again parked at one of the gates that was the furthest from the terminal.

At such early hours, immigration was a breeze and within half an hour I was on the airport express heading down to the train station in Kowloon Tong for the trip home to Guangzhou.