Aviation
SIA Engineering profits up 11.6% to $87.6 in H1
SIA Engineering profits up 11.6% to $87.6 in H1
Higher airframe and line maintenance revenue drove growth.
Sector weakness looms over aviation firms
Profits of SATS, SIA Engineering, and ST Engineering are expected to register declines.
Changi Airport Runway 2 to close temporarily
The airport will operate with Runways 1 and 3 starting October 2020.
Changi Airport passenger movements up 4.7% in September
Passengers from Japan led the airport’s traffic growth at 15%.
SATS and Sembcorp ink sustainable energy deal
Sembcorp will install and operate solar panels in several SATS premises.
Scoot transfers operations to Changi Airport Terminal 1
It added self-service check-in and automated bag-drop facilities.
SIA Group's passenger load factor up 1.2 ppt to 84.8% in September
Passenger carriage grew 8.7%.
Changi Airport handled 5.9 million passengers in August
Passenger movements inched up 3.8% YoY in the same month.
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And the Minister for Manpower denies that CPF pays low returns.
SIA streamlines delivery of apps to employees through Workspace ONE
The airline has deployed 35 apps so far using the platform.
SilkAir to transfer Busan service to SIA
Seat capacity has been increased by 76%.
SATS partners with DHL to optimise airline supply chains
They aim for airlines to achieve higher consistency and better inventory management.
APAC airline traffic growth slows to six-year low in July
Load factor of 82.6% was below the global average of 85.7%.
SIA extends non-stop US flights to Seattle
This will bring the total number of non-stop Singapore-US services to 31.
Can the aviation sector withstand visitor downturn?
Their significant overseas portfolios will help them weather the rough flight.
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And SIA is offering wellness dishes on selected flights.
Changi Airport's passenger movements up 3.3% in July
However, airfreight throughput declined 7.2% to 170,000 tonnes.
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