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Singapore’s Scoot promotes Leslie Thng to CEO

May 13, 2022 by Payload Asia

Singapore Airlines’s low-cost carrier Scoot has named Leslie Thng as its incoming CEO effective 16 June 2022. Thng, who has been with the SIA Group for 23 years, was the CEO of Indian airline Vistara, a SIA-Tata Sons joint venture, between October 2017 and December 2021. He is currently SIA’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. He will take over the duties of predecessor Campbell Wilson, who will subsequently join Air India as its new CEO. Wilson, who joined SIA in April 1996, … [Read more...] about Singapore’s Scoot promotes Leslie Thng to CEO

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Singapore Airlines orders blended SAF for pilot trials

February 15, 2022 by Payload Asia

Singapore is starting a pilot on the use of sustainable aviation fuel as the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Singapore Airlines, and investment firm Temasek selected ExxonMobil as supplier. Under the pilot, SIA will purchase blended SAF from ExxonMobil, comprising 1.25 million litres of neat SAF or sustainable fuels that are unmixed or undiluted. The fuel, produced from used cooking oil and waste animal fats, will be supplied by Neste, and blended with refined jet fuel at … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines orders blended SAF for pilot trials

Other Topics: Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, ExxonMobi, Neste, Scoot, Singapore Airlines, Temasek

Asia’s airlines get creative to make space for cargo

September 4, 2020 by Payload Asia

Bloomberg Intelligence predicts belly capacity from passenger air fleets won’t return to pre-pandemic levels before 2022.  Bloomberg says under normal circumstances, about 60 percent of global air cargo is flown in the belly hold of passenger flights. But with jets parked in deserts waiting out the pandemic, cargo volumes are down this year, whilst air freight costs have soared, with rates on the Hong Kong-North America route up 70 percent from early January.  According to Qantas, the May … [Read more...] about Asia’s airlines get creative to make space for cargo

Other Topics: Air & Cargo Services, air cargo, Air Cargo Asia, air cargo freight, Air Forwarding, air freight, Air Freight Asia, Air Freight Logistics, air freighter, air freighting, Air Logistics Asia, Air Shipping Asia, airlines cargo, airways cargo, asia cargo news, Bloomberg, cargo aviation, Korean Air, Lion Airlines, Scoot

Scoot converts A320 passenger aircraft for cargo-only transport

August 26, 2020 by Payload Asia

Scoot modified one of its A320ceo passenger aircraft (9V-TAZ) to carry cargo only by removing all seats in the cabin, doubling its capacity to nearly 20 tonnes, a press release confirmed.  The modified aircraft’s first cargo charter flight took off on 22 August from Fuzhou to Singapore. The aircraft transported a total of 13 tonnes of cargo in both the bellyhold and cabin, comprising mainly daily essentials, with four more flights scheduled for August.  Scoot … [Read more...] about Scoot converts A320 passenger aircraft for cargo-only transport

Other Topics: A320ceo, Air & Cargo Services, air cargo, Air Cargo Asia, air cargo freight, Air Forwarding, air freight, Air Freight Asia, Air Freight Logistics, air freighter, air freighting, Air Logistics Asia, Air Shipping Asia, airlines cargo, airways cargo, asia cargo news, CAAS, cargo aviation, cargo charter, cargo-only, modification, Scoot

NokScoot to expand fleet with seven B777-200s

August 26, 2016 by Payload Asia

NokScoot - the Thai-registered long-haul, low cost carrier joint venture between Thailand's Nok Air and Singapore Airline’s Scoot - is set to strengthen its fleet and support its growth plan with the acquisition of seven more wide-body aircraft. The medium-to-long-haul low-cost carrier (LCC) has solicited interest from 30 parties, including airlines and lessors, to supply seven B777-200s over the next two years. The carrier intends to use the additional aircraft to support its growth plan, … [Read more...] about NokScoot to expand fleet with seven B777-200s

Other Topics: Air & Cargo Services, air cargo, Air Cargo Asia, air cargo freight, Air Forwarding, air freight, Air Freight Asia, Air Freight Logistics, air freighter, air freighting, Air Logistics Asia, Air Shipping Asia, airlines cargo, FAA, ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organisation, LCC, low-cost carrier, NokScoot, Piya Yodmani, Scoot, SIA, Singapore Airlines, SQ, US Federal Aviation Administration

Scoot to launch first flights to Europe

August 16, 2016 by Payload Asia

Scoot, the Singapore Airlines long-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC), has announced it will start flying to Europe for the first time next summer. Scheduled to commence on 20 June 2017, the airline will operate non-stop services four times per week between Singapore and Athens using B787-8 equipment. Scoot’s cargo belly capacity is marketed by Singapore Airlines Cargo. This will become the longest air route operated by any LCC, with a distance exceeding 10,000km and Scoot will become the first … [Read more...] about Scoot to launch first flights to Europe

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