All Singapore Airlines articles – Page 3
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NewsSingapore Airlines cuts half-year losses as travel lanes, cargo lift demand
Singapore Airlines Group narrowed its half-year losses on the back of a significant revenue uplift, as it anticipates a continued rise in travel demand in the near-term, with more countries easing border restrictions.
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NewsSIA expects capacity uptick by year-end as travel lanes lift September traffic
Singapore Airlines Group expects to operate at 37% pre-pandemic capacity by the end of the year, amid an increase in passenger traffic following Singapore’s limited border reopening to fully-vaccinated travellers.
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NewsSingapore Airlines to restore A380 flights with London route
Singapore Airlines is to start returning Airbus A380s to service with the re-introduction of the double-deck type on the London Heathrow route. The 471-seat aircraft, configured in four classes, will be redeployed to the UK capital from 19 November, the carrier states, serving one of its daily non-stop services. “This ...
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NewsSIA exhausts S$8.8 billion funds from 2020 rights issue
Singapore Airlines has fully utilised the S$8.8 billion ($6.54 billion) in gross proceeds from a June 2020 rights issue.
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NewsLow activity might have lulled pilots before A350 took off without clearance
Investigators have suggested that low levels of airport traffic could have reduced the alertness of an Airbus A350 crew before the aircraft took off without clearance from Barcelona. The Singapore Airlines A350 (9V-SMU), operating to Milan Malpensa as part of an onward service to Singapore on 24 October last year, ...
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NewsSingapore Airlines narrows quarterly loss as revenue ticks upward
Singapore Airlines Group narrowed its first-quarter losses on the back of revenue increase, though it warns that new coronavirus variants and fresh infection waves could dampen recovery momentum.
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NewsAsia-Pacific ‘recognising failure of zero-Covid approach’: IATA chief
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region that have sought to eliminate Covid-19 entirely are beginning to accept that such an approach is not sustainable, in the view of IATA director general Willie Walsh.
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NewsSingapore competition regulator seeks feedback on SIA-ANA tie-up
The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is seeking public feedback on the proposed joint venture agreement between Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways (ANA).
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NewsSIA says liquidity sufficient to ride out Covid-19
Singapore Airlines has expressed confidence that it has the cash to ride out the coronavirus pandemic, as it also seeks to lower its monthly cash burn.
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NewsSIA Group to take 32 deliveries despite very weak demand
Singapore Airlines Group expects to take delivery of 32 aircraft in the coming 12 months including eight Boeing 737 Max 8, although it is uncertain when the type will return to service in the region.
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NewsSingapore Airlines retires four Boeing 777-300ERs early
Singapore Airlines has retired four Boeing 777-300ERs earlier than expected, as part of its wider culling of aircraft it has “deemed surplus to fleet requirements”.
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NewsEmbattled SIA plunges to record losses in ‘toughest year’ yet
In what it called the “toughest year in its history”, Singapore Airlines Group slumped to a record S$4.3 billion ($3.2 billion) full-year net loss, dragged down hefty impairment costs.
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NewsSingapore Airlines secures S$2 billion in sale-and-leasebacks
Singapore Airlines has raised S$2 billion ($1.5 billion) in sale-and-leaseback transactions involving 11 aircraft.
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NewsSIA 777 stopped climb at 500ft after crew's waypoint entry error
Pilots of a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER inadvertently entered an incorrect waypoint altitude constraint prior to departure, resulting in several alerts from the ground-proximity warning system as the aircraft climbed out of Shanghai Pudong. The take-off runway assigned had been changed from 34L to 35R which meant the aircraft’s standard ...
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Airline BusinessPunishingly low traffic figures reflect long wait ahead for Asia-Pacific airlines
The latest round of passenger traffic figures exposes the stark difference in fortunes being experienced by carriers in the Asia-Pacific region that rely on international traffic versus those that can fall back on large domestic markets.
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Airline BusinessWhat future does the A380 have in a post-pandemic travel world?
Already a luxury of debatable value to many operators before the crisis, the A380 appears even less well-suited to a market featuring depressed travel demand and a focus on cargo
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NewsA380 caused conflicts after wrong turn during go-around
Pilots of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 incorrectly acted on a turn instruction during a go-around at Sydney, turning left instead of right and creating conflicts involving other traffic, investigators have determined. The aircraft (9V-SKQ) had aborted an ILS approach to runway 16R at about 1,000ft owing to windshear, as ...
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NewsSIA to ‘progressively’ bring 737 Max fleet out of desert
Singapore Airlines will “progressively” return four remaining Boeing 737 Max aircraft to Singapore from storage in Australia, as a cabin retrofit programme gets underway for the type.
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NewsSIA engineering division in talks to acquire SR Technics' Malaysian arm
Singapore Airlines’ engineering division has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire the local Malaysian operation of maintenance specialist SR Technics. SIA Engineering Company says it has signed a memorandum of understanding relating to the potential acquisition “in part or whole” of SRT Malaysia. Negotiations will take place on the terms ...
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NewsSIA Cargo 747-400F suffers puncture damage near undercarriage
A Singapore Airlines freighter has completed repairs in Brussels after punctures were discovered near the aircraft’s undercarriage.