Aviation

Asia Pacific carriers expected to post $5.2bln profit

Region's airlines garner twice the forecasted profit of $2.2mln as Europe still lags behind.

Asia Pacific carriers expected to post $5.2bln profit

Region's airlines garner twice the forecasted profit of $2.2mln as Europe still lags behind.

Singapore Airlines to transport pandas to Singapore

Wildlife Reserves Singapore and China Wildlife Conservation Association picks SIA following carrier's US$3mln Sumatra conservation donation.

ST Aerospace secures S$85mln contracts from T'Way Air

Two contracts involve repair and maintenance programmes for Boeing 737 as company provides comprehensive airlines support.

Changi subsidiary secures design and build contract for Durgapur Airport

CAPE to develop 2,800-metre-long runway and passenger terminal building capable of handling one million passengers annually.

Tiger Airways secures French agency's backing to purchase 9 aircrafts

Total number of owned aircraft in fleet will increase to 11 through deal with StanChart.

Tiger Airways passengers up 47% to 5.5mln

Load factor from September 2009 to August 2010 increased by 5 percentage points to 86%.

Freighter Tri-MG Airlines lands at Changi Airport

Changi posted 15.8% airfreight growth in first seven months of 2010, having moved 1.04mln tonnes.

Singapore Airlines names Goh Choon Phong new CEO

Mr Goh Choon Phong will formally take up the CEO position on 1 January 2011 as Mr Chew Choon Seng is set to retire at the end of December 2010.

SilkAir names Marvin Tan CEO

Chin Yau Seng’s returns to Singapore Airlines as Divisional Vice President Cabin Crew Operations.

Singapore Airlines promotes Western Australia

Singapore Airlines partners with TWA to fund marketing campaigns and promote inbound tourism to Western Australia.

Tiger Airways to suspend 2 under-performing Australian flights

Operations would be stopped temporarily on November 10 and would resume if demand picks up.

Changi Airport passengers up 16% in July

Growth led by increases in passenger traffic to 25.1% in Northeast and 21.5% in Southeast Asia.

Singapore Airlines hands donations to save rainforests

The airline company donates US$ 3 million to Harapan Rainforest Initiative.

Thai Airways evaluating partnership with Tiger

Thailand carrier assessing if 65.8mln Tiger shares at discounted price of S$1.90 will affect alliance plan.

Tiger Airways to land in Manila on 31 October

Tiger’s low fares now accessible to all of Philippines with Manila as gateway, aside from Clark.

Tiger Airways increases Malaysia distribution network with e-pay

Customers in Malaysia can pay cash at over 14,000 e-pay outlets, beginning with 4,000 Petronas kiosks.

Hainan Airlines set to land on Changi

Sixth Chinese carrier at Changi taps 20% passenger traffic growth between Singapore and China to 1.7mln.