The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) and Singapore Airlines have announced the signing of a sponsorship agreement, under which the Airline will provide air tickets, carriage of airfreight, as well as publicity of the August 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore, through its proprietary media channels. … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: SIA official carrier for Youth Olympics
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SINGAPORE: Boeing renames Alteon Training in Singapore
Alteon Training announced its new name – Boeing Training & Flight Services – at their training campus in Singapore. The state-of-the art facility in Changi houses seven full-flight simulators and has the capacity to train more than 6,000 pilots and flight attendants per year. … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: Boeing renames Alteon Training in Singapore
SINGAPORE: SIA launches 2x daily to Tokyo Haneda
Singapore Airlines will launch twicedaily flights between Singapore and Tokyo Haneda airport in October next year, complementing the current twicedaily Tokyo Narita services, one of which continues on to Los Angeles. The carrier has been awarded the rights for 14 weekly flights to Tokyo Haneda by Singapore’s Air Traffic Rights Committee (ATRC). New scheduled international services will be permitted to and from Haneda after a fourth runway opens for operations next year. While … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: SIA launches 2x daily to Tokyo Haneda
SINGAPORE: SIA reports second straight quarterly loss
Singapore Airlines (SIA), the world’s largest airline by market value, has posted its second straight quarterly loss with a second quarter net loss of S$159 million (US$114.6 million) compared with a net profit of S$324 million a year ago. This follows from a net loss of more than S$300 million in the first quarter of this financial year. SIA Cargo posted an operating loss of US$193 million with yields averaging just $0.20 per load tonne kilometer, down almost a third over the same … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: SIA reports second straight quarterly loss
SINGAPORE: SIA launches Atlanta freighter
Singapore Airlines Cargo has launched a weekly eastbound round-the-world freighter service to Atlanta. The B747- 400 freighter from Singapore is routed via Hong Kong, Anchorage and Los Angeles, returning via Brussels and Sharjah. The carrier mounted a series of ad hoc charter services to Atlanta in September, before deciding on a scheduled service. Major imports for Atlanta are consumer products such as electronics from Asia while major exports include heavy machinery parts to Europe, the Middle … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: SIA launches Atlanta freighter
SOUTH KOREA: Korean, Alaska Airlines expand code-share
Korean Air will expand its code-share operations with Alaska Airlines to 40 flights in the US and Canada. Currently Korean operates 18 code-share flights with Alaska Airlines for US connections only. Some of the expanded code-shared flights include Seattle-Dallas, L.A.-San Francisco, Las Vegas-Portland, Seattle- Vancouver, L.A.-Vancouver and Vancouver- Portland. … [Read more...] about SOUTH KOREA: Korean, Alaska Airlines expand code-share