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Singapore Airlines adds extra flights to Adelaide

SINGAPORE Airlines will fly to Adelaide twice a day, three days a week, boosting tourists this summer.

It will be the first time Adelaide Airport will have more than one flight a day from the same international airline, taking the airport's weekly tally of international services to 36.

In 2007, Singapore Airlines became the first international airline to operate daily flights through Adelaide. Since then Cathay Pacific has operated services from Hong Kong seven days a week, and Malaysia Airlines from Kuala Lumpur six days a week.

Yesterday Singapore Airlines confirmed it would have two flights a day on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays from December 9 to January 31. The move follows lobbying by the South Australian Tourism Commission for additional flights.

For the three new flights, Singapore Airlines will use a wide-body Boeing 777-200 aircraft of 12 business-class and 276 economy seats. It means an additional 864 international seats into Adelaide each week.

SA Tourism Commission destination development manager Nick Jones said this was good news for South Australia.

"Singapore Airlines' decision demonstrates confidence in the market for SA tourism during the peak summer period," he said.

"There is much competition in the region for additional seasonal services and the airline has shown great faith in the SA market."

Mr Jones said SA was set to gain from the key international tourism markets of Europe, Singapore and China through the extra flights and the airline's good flight connections and marketing.

Singapore Airlines' SA manager, Andrew Soo, said 10 flights a week to Adelaide underlined the city's importance to the airline.

The additional flights will arrive at Adelaide Airport at 6.05am and depart at 7.20am, arriving in Singapore at noon, Singapore time.

Mr Soo said SA travellers on the new flights would have a greater choice of connections to destinations such as London and Frankfurt for same-day travel. Singapore Airlines will continue to operate an Airbus A330-300 aircraft on its usual daily flights to and from Adelaide.

Cathay Pacific announced last week it would launch non-stop services from Adelaide to Hong Kong three days a week from November.

The other flights will continue to include a stopover in Melbourne.

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Source:http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_708285.html

Singapore Airlines' latest destination: Social media
Published on Sep 1, 2011
By Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent

Other airlines have done it and now, Singapore Airlines has decided to embrace social media to establish stronger links with its customers.

On Monday, it will take over an existing, unofficial SIA Facebook page started by a fan in 2006. The airline will also set up its own account on micro-blogging site Twitter.

SIA's spokesman, Mr Nicholas Ionides, told The Straits Times: 'By being on social media, we can reach out to existing and potential customers, converse with them and better understand their needs and aspirations.'

On why the airline did not do so earlier, unlike many other carriers such as Qantas and Malaysia Airlines, he said: 'A combination of factors, among them resources and the long-term viability of specific social media platforms, were considerations that we took into account.'

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Singapore Airlines load factor falls in Aug, capacity rises
By Jason Szep | Reuters – Thu, Sep 15, 2011

SINGAPORE, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) , the world's second-largest carrier by market value, filled 66.4 percent of the space available on its planes for passengers and cargo in August, down from 68 percent in the same period a year earlier.

The airline, controlled by Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte , said its capacity rose 5.1 percent to 9.5 billion seat-km last month from 9 billion seat-km a year earlier.

Table: Singapore Airlines capacity usage*

Aug 2011 Aug 2010 Change Overall load factor 66.4 68.0 -1.6 pts Passenger load factor 76.6 78.1 -1.5 pts Cargo load factor 62.3 62.5 -0.2 pts Passengers carried 1.391 mln 1.361 mln 2.2 pct * load factor in percent (Reporting by Charmian Kok. Editing by Jason Szep)

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New York (JFK) and Frankfurt on the SQ A380 menu soon!

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Singapore Airlines to fly A380 superjumbo to New York via Frankfurt
Published on September 19, 2011

Singapore - Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) on Monday said it would operate the Airbus A380 superjumbo on its route to New York via Frankfurt starting January 15.

The two cities would be the ninth and 10th destinations in its global network of A380 services, the airline said.

Singapore's flag carrier became the first airline to operate the world's largest passenger aircraft in October 2007.

The planned daily A380 flights to Frankfurt and New York will replace an existing Boeing 747-400 service, the airline said.

Singapore Airlines currently has 13 A380s made by European manufacturer Airbus SAS, with six more on order.//DPA

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Singapore Airlines will fly to Rio (GIG)???

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Nobody knows what will happen long term, but the next years? No!

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Source:http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...159060/1/.html

SIA-Virgin Australia airline deal cleared for take-off
Posted: 13 October 2011 0856 hrs

Singapore: The proposed alliance between Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia has been granted a draft approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC).

The final approval will be made after further submissions from the carriers and other interested parties.

The approval means Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia will be able to take the next step to build an integrated alliance, offering an expanded network and seamless service offerings for travellers.

"We are pleased with the ACCC's draft approval," said Singapore Airlines' Regional Vice-President for South West Pacific, Subhas Menon, adding that the partnership with Virgin Australia "will enable us to deliver a best-in-class travel experience across Australia."

"Today's announcement will be welcome news to leisure and corporate travellers alike who will benefit from the more attractive and competitive travel options this alliance will provide," said Menon in a statement.

Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia lodged an application with the ACCC in June under which the two airlines proposed to codeshare each other's international and domestic flights, coordinate schedules between Singapore and Australia and beyond for seamless connections, engage in joint sales, marketing and distribution activities as well as offer reciprocal frequent flyer programme benefits.

Chief correspondent of Orient Aviation Magazine, Tom Ballantyne, said this is a good opportunity for SIA to tap into Australia's lucrative aviation travel market, which is dominated by Qantas Airways.

Both SIA and Qantas compete on a limited number of routes where there are a number of competitors.

The ACCC said the SIA-Virgin alliance is unlikely to harm competition in the market.

- CNA/sf/al

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Singapore Airlines load factor dips in September

SINGAPORE, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines (SIA) said on Monday it filled 68.9 percent of the space available on its planes for passengers and cargo in September, down from 69.6 percent in the same period a year earlier.

The passenger load factor on SIA flights fell 0.7 percentage points to 79.6 percent as capacity increased 5.8 percent. The number of passengers who flew SIA rose 4.8 percent to 1.4 million.

SIA's regional unit SilkAir posted a 0.7 percentage point rise in passenger load factor to 71.7 percent.

Overall cargo traffic fell 2.3 percent year-on-year, even as capacity decreased 2.6 percent, SIA said.

Table: Singapore Airlines capacity usage*

Sep 2011 Sep 2010 Change Overall load factor 68.9 69.6 -0.7 pts **Passenger load factor 79.6 80.3 -0.7 pts Cargo load factor 63.7 63.5 +0.2 pts Passengers carried 1.411 mln 1.347 mln +4.8 pct * load factor in percent ** refers to SIA only

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SilkAir wins Regional Airline of the Year
Posted: 21 October 2011 1432 hrs

SINGAPORE: SilkAir has been awarded the Regional Airline of the Year by the Centre for Aviation (CAPA), an aviation research body.

The award is given out to a regional airline that has had the most significant impact and demonstrated innovation in regional aviation.

SilkAir's chief executive, Mr Marvin Tan received the award last night on Thursday.

He said SilkAir maintained a clear focus on its role within the greater Singapore Airlines network, as a full-service regional feeder providing seamless connectivity with the parent airline.

CAPA said it found SilkAir deserving of the award for playing an effective role as regional feeder to its parent company, Singapore Airlines.

- CNA/cc

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Singapore Airlines battles new Qantas arm
Published 7:28 AM, 24 Oct 2011

Qantas Airways Ltd has encountered new resistance in its push to create a new premium Asian subsidiary, with Singapore Airlines angered by a move from the Singapore Economic Development Board to clear Qantas' plans for the new brand, according to The Australian Financial Review.

According to the newspaper, the Qantas proposal has been discussed at ministerial level in Singapore, and was recently debated by the government's cabinet office.

SA plans to lobby its government to block the deal, determined to be the sole carrier operating out of Changi Airport.

Singapore has now asked Qantas to submit more information on the economic benefits of tis plans to Singapore, according to the AFR.

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Source:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Singap...631525320.html

Singapore Airlines to unveil new low-cost carrier on Nov 1
On Tuesday October 25, 2011, 5:30 am EDT

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd will unveil the name of its new low-cost carrier and some of the destinations it will fly to on November 1, the company said on Tuesday.

SIA, the world's second-largest airline by market value, has provided little information about the new carrier, although the Straits Times newspaper has said it will start operations in April with one Boeing 777-200 aircraft.

The new long-haul carrier plans to operate 14 aircraft by mid-2016, the paper added.

SIA is already the largest shareholder in short-haul budget carrier Tiger Airways Holdings , and the new long-haul carrier will enable it to better compete with rivals such as AirAsia and JetStar, a unit of Qantas . (Reporting by Kevin Lim)

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SIA unveils long-haul budget carrier
Posted: 01 November 2011 1150 hrs

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched a budget carrier that will fly on medium and long-haul routes, including to Australia and China.

The airline, named Scoot, will begin flights from mid-2012 with a fleet of four Boeing B777-200 aircraft purchased from parent company SIA.

"Scoot is for you," said the new carrier's chief executive Campbell Wilson.

It is "not an everyday airline name because this is not an everyday airline," he told a media conference.

The budget airline is expected to have 14 planes by 2016, with longer term plans to fly to India, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Wilson told AFP after the news conference that Scoot is unable to fly to the United States initially because of the B777-200's limitations, but he was not ruling out serving the US market in the future.

Scoot is wholly-owned by SIA but will be managed independently.

Analysts have said SIA is moving to tap into a growing consumer demand for low-cost travel over longer distances as most of Asia's low-cost carriers cover short-haul routes.

Scoot is expected to compete directly with AirAsia X, the long-haul affiliate of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia and British tycoon Richard Branson's Virgin Group.

AirAsia X flies to several destinations including London, Taipei, Tehran, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo and a number of cities in China and India.

Scoot said it will offer airfares up to 40 per cent lower than full-service carriers.

It plans to recruit pilots and staff from outside Singapore Airlines.

SIA already has a short-haul, full-service unit called SilkAir, which travels to tourist destinations in Asia and has a stake in Asian budget carrier Tiger Airways.

SIA, regarded as a barometer for the industry, earned a profit of S$1.09 billion ($866 million) in the year to March 2011 on revenues of S$14.5 billion.

- CNA/AFP/fa/al