Aviation
G'day, mate! Singaporeans allowed quarantine-free travel to Australia
G'day, mate! Singaporeans allowed quarantine-free travel to Australia
Fully-vaccinated Singaporeans can travel to Australia without restrictions starting 8 November.
ST Engineering acquires contract to maintain Japan Airlines’ Boeing fleet
The contract covers five years of providing component support.
Singapore Airlines opens ticket sales for SG-Melbourne flights
Flight bookings were made available on 22 October.
Spike in flight searches signals first step in airline recovery: Sojern
People are looking for a change of environment after 20 months, Lina Ang says.
Where and when to go? Here's a cheat sheet as international travel returns
Expedia reveals hacks to save on time and money for travel.
SIA passenger capacity up 4.4% MoM to 4,316
Cargo load factor, however, was down by 1.6% YoY to 97.3%.
Singapore Airlines inks customer wellness partnership with Golden Door
Flights between Singapore and the United States will be the primary focus.
Chart of the day: Flight searches out of Singapore soar to 173% from pre-pandemic levwla
Meanwhile, flight searches into Singapore in the last three days are 15% lower than in January 2019.
VTLs to include unvaccinated children aged 12 and below
The move aims to facilitate family travel.
SIA seasonal flights to Vancouver and Seattle take off
SIA earlier announced a VTL service from Los Angeles and New York.
VTL scheme has worked well: Israwan
The sentiments were also echoed by IATA’s Regional VP for APAC, Philip Goh.
SG and SoKor launches vaccinated travel lanes
The joint VTLs are the first of their kind between two major aviation hubs in Asia.
SIA Group extends vaccinated travel to 14 cities
This could allow more passenger to fly in from cities like London, Milan, and Paris.
SIAEC divests entire 39.2% shares in JV for aircraft parts repair
SIAEC’S stake is pegged at $3.79m (US$ 2.79m).
SIA Engineering signs airframe maintenance agreement with Hawaiian Airlines
This covers the maintenance services expansion for its Airbus A330-200 fleet.
SIA passenger demand to remain low despite vaccine lane approvals
It will take longer for the flag carrier to recover to pre-COVID levels.
SIA passenger traffic up 7.4% in August
Its passenger capacity remained steady at 32% of pre-COVID levels.
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