Singapore-based low cost carrier Tiger Airways is embarking on initiatives involving cargo pilot conversion and multi-pilot licensing (MPL). The cargo pilot training program will re-train cargo pilots who have lost their jobs due to the slump in the global air cargo industry and place them with Tiger, which has 56 A320 aircraft on order. The carrier is partnering the Singapore Aviation Training Academy and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore to sponsor MPL and ensure all standards are met. … [Read more...] about Tiger Air to retrain cargo pilots
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
More focused roles as Changi Airport corporatised
Since its formation 25 years ago, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has addressed Changi Airport‘s many challenges to growing it as a premier air hub and developing the nation’s aviation industry. But in the airport’s latest phase of development, Singapore’s government has corporatised it creating two separate entities: the newly created Changi Airport Group (CAG) which will run the aiport along with overseas airport contracts; and the CAAS … [Read more...] about More focused roles as Changi Airport corporatised
Changi relief package includes cargo
Changi relief package includes cargo The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has announced a further S$70 million (US$46.2 million) relief package to help airlines and airport partners cope with the economic crisis. The new package is in addition to the S$130 million Air Hub Development Fund (AHDF) that CAAS had already extended to airlines and airport partners. Included in the relief package are enhancements to the AHDF to establish a Cargo Incentive Scheme. Under this scheme, CAAS¡¯ … [Read more...] about Changi relief package includes cargo
