Aviation

Cebu Pacific orders 37 new Airbus aircrafts

The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier ordered 30 new Airbus A321neo and 7 A320 aircrafts valued at US$3.8 billion, the largest single...

Cebu Pacific orders 37 new Airbus aircrafts

The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier ordered 30 new Airbus A321neo and 7 A320 aircrafts valued at US$3.8 billion, the largest single...

Air Asia becomes Airbus’ largest customer

Air Asia ordered 200 Airbus A320neo aircraft worth US$18.5 billion,  the largest ever Airbus deal by number of aircraft as well as the largest ever...

Singapore Airlines and Brussels Airlines secure codeshare pact

Agreement allows Singapore Airlines to reach to more destinations within Europe.

Aussies are worth $1 million

At least that is how much Singapore Airlines will put into a marketing campaign to promote Down Under as a destination with Tourism Australia.

The water in Majorca don't taste like NEWater

But that shouldn’t deter Singaporeans who can now fly daily to Barcelona with further promotional goodies coming from a tie up between SIA and...

Price pressure: SATS’ rates to drop by 15% after new competitor ASIG starts

But this doesn’t pose a major impact, as SATS controls 80% of businesses in Changi, says OCBC.

SIA’s load factor to continue dipping, warns analyst

And blame it on high air fares due to fuel surcharges.

SIA may not be able to raise fuel surcharges, warn experts

Singapore Airlines may impose another round if spikes in oil prices continue despite having already raised fuel surcharges three times this year, a...

Changi Airport Group awards handling license to Aircraft Service International Group

With the ten-year licence, ASIG will provide a full suite of passenger handling, apron handling and cargo handling services at Changi Airport.

Tiger Airways passenger volume up 23% in May

6.2 million passengers chose to fly with Tiger Airways in Asia and Australia from June 2010 to May 2011, while load factor averaged 86%.

SilkAir and Singapore Airlines to offer combined flights to Kolkata

SilkAir offers leisure and business travellers four-times-a-week services to Kolkata, a vibrant city rich in culture and history and known as the...

Tiger Airways flies its 20 millionth passenger

Ms Lock Sau Lai, a regular Tiger passenger, was returning to Singapore from Phuket with her family on 8 June on flight TR2153, when she was met with...

Virgin Australia the bigger winner from tie-up with SIA

As Virgin increases its market share by 10%-20% and SIA is still denied access to the profitable trans-Pacific routes, DMG sees the deal to be more...

SIA willing to sell its 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic as it cashes in to fund budget startup

SIA's stake could be worth $1 billion or more, so if sold, this would be a substantial gain for the Group, says DBS.

"Don’t grope the passengers": IATA chief pleads for strip search free airline check-in in Singapore

“We spend $7.4 billion a year to keep aviation secure, and passengers should be able to get from curb to boarding gate with dignity,” says IATA chief...