Bangkok Best City Destination in World 16/07/2008
The readers of Travel and Leisure magazine voted Bangkok as the top city destination in the world for 2008 followed by Buenos Aires and Cape Town. Florence, last year's winner ended fifth. Best island destination: the Galapagos Islands off the ...

Singapore Airlines Fourth Airbus A380 29/04/2008
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus A380, the world?s largest passenger plane. After a delivery flight from Toulouse in France, the aircraft arrived in Singapore on Sunday 27 April. It will now undergo some pre-entry into ...

Singapore Airlines with Airbus A380 to London 13/03/2008
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its third Airbus A380, the world?s largest passenger plane. After a delivery flight from Toulouse in France, the aircraft landed in Singapore on 12 March 2008. With the addition of this third aircraft into ...

Singapore Airlines to begin Operations from Beijing's New Terminal 3 07/03/2008
Singapore Airlines flights will operate from Beijing Capital International Airport?s new Terminal 3 with effect from Wednesday 26 March 2008. The first flights in and out of the new terminal will be SQ812 into Beijing from Singapore at 0720 hrs and ...

Singapore Airlines to launch Business Class Only Flights to New York and Los Angeles 05/03/2008
Singapore Airlines is converting five of its Airbus A340-500 ultra-long-range aircraft into an all-Business Class configuration, for daily flights between Singapore and New York resp. Los Angeles. The current 2-class, 181 seat, arrangement will be ...

China Eastern reluctantly agrees to consider Air China bid 21/01/2008
After defiantly declaring that it would never partner or merge with Air China last week, China Eastern seems to have reluctantly been persuaded into at least considering a bid. China Eastern finally declared it was ?willing to study any sincere ...

Singapore Airlines received Second Airbus A380 13/01/2008
On Friday, Singapore Airlines took delivery of its second Airbus A380, the world?s largest passenger aircraft. The aircraft was handed over to Singapore Airlines at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France. Like the first A380 delivered in ...

Singapore Airlines to Increase Frequency on Singapore - Milan - Barcelona service 30/11/2007
Singapore Airlines is to increase the frequency of its Singapore - Milan - Barcelona service from four times weekly to daily from 14 January 2008. The flights will all be operated by the airline?s new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, featuring the ...

Cabin of Singapore Airlines First Airbus A380 16/10/2007
Singapore Airlines today unveiled the cabin interior on its new Airbus A380. The cabin was revealed for the first time at the aircraft delivery in Toulouse, France. The Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 is configured with 471 seats in three classes, ...

Airbus A380 to be delivered to Singapore Airlines 15/10/2007
Airbus will today handover the first Airbus A380 to launch customer Singapore Airlines. The dedicated delivery ceremony will take place from 10.00 to 11.30 am CET (Central European Time). The exclusive event - hosted by Singapore Airlines, ...

Auction of Seats on Singapore Airlines First Airbus A380 Flight to open 27 August 2007 20/08/2007
Singapore Airlines' first Airbus A380 aircraft will be delivered to the airline in an handover by Airbus on Monday 15 October at a ceremony in Toulouse, France. While the Airbus A380 can hold over 800 passengers, Singapore Airlines' double-decker ...

Airbus A380 approved to Operate on 45m Runways 02/08/2007
The Airbus A380 has received approval from both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be operated on runways with a width of 45 metres (150 feet) or more. Most of the world's airports have 45m ...

Be part of history with the new a380.singaporeair.com 08/06/2007
A new version of a380.singaporeair.com goes live this week as Singapore Airlines steps up its final preparations to receive the world?s first commercial A380 aircraft. Sleek and packed with powerful interactive features, a380.singaporeair.com will ...

Painting of first A380 for Singapore Airlines completed 14/05/2007
With the distinctive blue and gold logo and the name "Singapore Airlines" across 33 metres of the aircraft fuselage, the world's first customer A380 aircraft rolled out of the paint hangar in Hamburg, Germany, on 2nd May 2007. With extraordinary ...

Singapore Airlines 14/05/2007
Be it service, innovation or that elusive 'flying' experience, Singapore Airlines has always been a leader in its own right. Since its emancipation from Malaysian Airways Limited in 1972, Singapore Airlines has moved from strength to strength to ...

Victoria signs deal with Singapore Airlines to attract Asia?s attention 24/04/2007
Victoria may very well in the future become the place to be for Asian holidaymakers, following the announcement of an agreement between the Government of the Australian state of Victoria and Singapore Airlines that consists of a two-year tourism ...

Asiana Airlines receives 5 star rating from Skytrax 20/04/2007
Skytrax has added Asiana Airlines (based on Seoul Incheon International Airport - ICN) to a short and exclusive list of airlines that can boast a five star rating. Asiana Airlines joins renowned carriers; Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar ...

AirAsia partners Formula 1 Team AT&T Williams 09/04/2007
AirAsia has sealed a partnership as AT&T Williams? Official Airline for three years with effect from the 2007 Formula One World Championship. Formed in 1977, AT&T Williams is one of the world?s leading Formula 1 teams with 16 FIA Formula One World ...

Singapore Airlines enteratining Children with Characters from Charlotte's Web 15/03/2007
This March and April, Charlotte and Wilbur the pig from the hit children?s movie, Charlotte?s Web, will accompany young travellers onboard Singapore Airlines. Besides the plush toy, children will be able to enjoy the various activity packs which ...

Non-stop Asia-US flights cause a headache for THAI 28/02/2007
Thai Airways International (Thailand's national airline) is stuck in a quandary. The non-stop flights to the United States have been operating at a loss despite the high load factor on each flight. This has been creating problems for THAI ...

Foreign airlines reject move to Don Muang 18/02/2007
International air carriers have rejected calls to move some of their flights back to Bangkok?s old airport at Don Muang to ease congestion while repairs are carried out at the new airport, saying they preferred Suvarnabhumi as the main ...