Local and Global Experiences
It was at a meal presentation event by Garuda Indonesia held on 13 September 2017 at DNATA Inflight Kitchen in Singapore that we realised that the national flag carrier of Indonesia had refreshed its amenity kit across all classes. Garuda Indonesia First Class Passengers flying on First Class […]
SilkAir’s first Boeing 737 MAX 8 (Aircraft Registration 9V-MBA) landed at Changi Airport at around 2 pm on 1 October 2017, Sunday. The first of 37 MAX 8s ordered by the airline features 12 seats in Business Class and 144 seats in Economy Class. Today we had a preview […]
Singapore Airlines’ first Boeing 787 – 10 aircraft. <Photo credit: Boeing> Boeing has rolled out the first 787-10 Dreamliner built for Singapore Airlines at its Final Assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. The airplane will be painted in the airline’s livery and begin systems checks, fueling and engine runs. […]
(Lufthansa aircraft at Frankfurt Airport. Taken with Samsung GALAXY Note8 on 27 September 2017) Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa have launched their joint venture cooperation on 1 October 2017. The cooperation covers flights between Singapore, Australia and Germany, Switzerland and Belgium offering customers a wider range of travel itineraries and fare […]
Scoot will be launching four-times-weekly flight from Singapore to Honolulu via Osaka from 19 December 2017 operating on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Today Scoot operates three-times-weekly services to Osaka via Bangkok and Kaoshiung. Once the Honolulu route starts, the low-cost carrier will operate no- stop Singapore – Osaka service increasing frequency to […]
Singapore Airlines and Grab have integrated their mobile apps in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Singapore Airlines customers can book Grab rides through their SingaporeAir mobile app. There will be an option in the app to book a Grab ride to the airport seven days in […]
When it comes to luxury travel, the Middle Eastern airlines really know how to spoil their customers. Emirates has been pampering its First and Business Class customers with amenity kits containing generous portions of Bulgari products and perfume. These sizes are usually found at hotels. On long-haul overnght flights, Emirates […]
From 27 September 2017, Singapore Airlines will codeshare on flights operated by Alaska Airlines, subject to regulatory approvals. SIA will add its ‘SQ’ designator code to Alaska Airlines-operated flights on routes serving 18 destinations within the US and to Mexico. Existing codeshare flights operated by Virgin America on routes serving […]
Qantas has extended its partnership with Emirates for another five years, subject to government and regulatory approval. Today both airlines offer more than 100 codeshare destinations including 33 in Europe, 60 in Australia and New Zealand, 14 in Africa and the Middle East and 2 in Asia. Since the partnership […]
Scoot Tigerair Pte Ltd has selected Worldpay as its exclusive payments provider. The low-cost airline, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines Limited has sought a strategic payments provider that could help grow its international and long-haul business as a new integrated brand in key global markets such as Asia Pacific and […]
Cathay Dragon has signed a memorandum of understanding for 32 Airbus A321neo aircraft valued at around HK$31.7 billion at current list prices. The single aisle fleet will replace existing single-aisle fleet of 23 aircraft and expanded from 2020. The new aircraft will be scheduled for delivery between 2020 and 2023 […]
Turkish Airlines serves 51 routes in the African continent and is giving back to those countries which have some of the challenging places in the world. It joins Love Army for Somalia which is spearheaded by social media stars Jerome Jarre, Casey Neistat and actor Ben Stiller in delivering aid […]