Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines resumed flights between Paris and Singapore in mid-July. Since last month, the carrier has been landing on the tarmac at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle twice a week with Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft. The airline had suspended its flights since March with the...

According to the airline group, no fewer than 700 flights will be withdrawn from Singapore Airlines and its regional subsidiary Silk Air between March and the end of May. As the City-State is one of the cities most affected by the coronavirus, with 81 cases recorded as of 18 February, the...

Faced with the collapse in tourism in 2003-2004 as a result of the avian influenza epidemic (SARS) - which hit Hong Kong and Singapore particularly hard - Singapore Airlines decided to cancel services to half a dozen cities, including Brussels, Madrid and Vienna airports in Europe. While Madrid and Vienna will still have to...

"A collaborative workspace for SIA Group staff to develop innovative ideas and co-innovate with external partners, start-ups, incubators and accelerators, enabling the SIA Group to fully embrace digitalisation and technology in all aspects of its business operations": this is the...

For decades, Asia has epitomised quality of service in air transport. It's an image that's been fantasised about and reinforced by clever advertising campaigns showing stewardesses in traditional dress, smiling as they pamper their passengers. In fact, in-flight service is still one of the main selling points of...

At dawn on Friday morning, Singapore Airlines' A350-900ULR touched down at Newark airport in New York. This was the culmination of a 17-hour 52-minute flight, making it the world's longest commercial flight. "Singapore Airlines is proud to present the world's longest commercial flights with the new A350-900ULR and we are delighted to be able to...

Business travellers used to criss-crossing Asia will be delighted. Between now and 2020, Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be reorganising its offer in South-East Asia, a rationalisation which will involve a move upmarket on its regional routes as well as the disappearance of its Silk Air subsidiary. Currently, with its fleet of 33 Airbus A320s and...

On 11 October, Singapore Airlines will be operating the world's longest commercial flight. The airline confirmed this on 30 May when it announced the return of the Singapore-Newark (New York) route. The 16,700 km journey will take 18 hours and 45 minutes. The current record holder, Qatar Airways, had distinguished itself a few months earlier by carrying...

Singapore Airlines is no stranger to redesigning its in-flight product, bringing the latest innovations in both comfort and technology to its aircraft. The airline has once again revealed the improvements it is introducing on its new fleet of Boeing 787-10 aircraft, which are designed to...

Four years of work and no less than 850 million dollars will have been needed to develop the new cabin unveiled on 2 November by Singapore Airlines, and intended to equip the airline's Airbus A380s. The presentation attracted a great deal of attention from the international media, not least because it is the...

We will have to wait a week to discover the new quad-class cabin (Suites, Business Class, Premium Economy and Economy Class) to be fitted on Singapore Airlines' Airbus A380s. The airline has scheduled a worldwide presentation in Singapore from 2 to 4 November. For the time being, we already know the first destination served by this brand new equipment...

The news has been expected for several months now. It remains subject to validation by the regulatory authorities. But it is now official: Air France KLM and Singapore Airlines will be sharing codes. The agreement is due to come into force in a few days' time, on 27 April to be exact. It will cover around ten destinations in France and Europe...

Thai Airways International took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 at the end of August. Its objective is to operate its Australian routes from Bangkok. Except that the Australian civil aviation authorities have still not given the go-ahead for the A350 to enter service on the daily Bangkok-Melbourne flight. As a result...

After inaugurating its first Premium Economy flight from Paris-CDG on 24 November, Singapore Airlines is now offering its new product on a daily basis from the Paris airport. French business travellers now have access to a new intermediary class in the Airbus A380, with 36 ergonomic leather seats, arranged in a single row....

The new Premium Economy class will make its debut on the Singapore Airlines network on 9 August on the Singapore-Sydney route. French business travellers will be able to discover it on departure from Paris at the end of September, and even on a daily basis from October. They will discover seats from...