Local and Global Experiences
United Airlines will introduce daily nonstop flights on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) from 27 October 2017. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft can fly up to 252 passengers with 48 in United Polaris Business Class, 204 United Economy, […]
Turkish Airlines received its 30th Boeing 777-300ER aircraft this week. The aircraft with registration TC-JLK and an MSN number of 60402 is the airline’s first aircraft to feature seats by Turkish Seats Industries (TSI), producer of the first designed and built in Turkey aircraft seat. Turkish Seats Industries is a […]
Emirates will showcase its new redesigned First Class at the Dubai Air Show in November. It will debut onboard a Boeing 777-300ER and will feature six private suites in a 1-1-1 layout. This will replace the existing eight private suites in a 1-2-1 layout on its existing 777 fleet in […]
Singapore Airlines is rewarding its PPS Club members with more benefits and rewards from 1 June 2017. PPS Club members’ KrisFlyer miles will no longer expire. They will get priority access to Saver Award redemption inventory and fast track security and immigration clearance at selected airports. Members will have access […]
Korean Air will make its inaugural Dreamliner B787-9 flight for its daily Incheon, Seoul to Toronto, Canada flight from 1 June 2017. The aircraft was previously operated on the Gimpo-Jeju route and will be replaced by a B777-300 aircraft. The Skyteam member airline will receive its third B787-9 aircraft in […]
From 30 October 2017, SilkAir will commence three return flights per week to Hiroshima, Japan, on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The new service to Hiroshima will be operated with SilkAir’s fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which features both Business and Economy class cabins. Details of the flight schedules are as follows […]
Etihad Airways took delivery of its 10th and final Airbus A380 this week. The airline’s fleet of Airbus A380s fly from UAE’s capital of Abu Dhabi to London, Sydney, Melbourne, New York and from 1 July 2017, Paris. Etihad Airways’ A380 is the most customised aircraft of their kind in […]
Singapore Airlines customers travelling from US airports can enjoy expedited security screening procedures under the TSA Precheck programme. The airlines is the first Asian airline to offer TSA precheck which lets low-risk known travellers enjoy the programme’s benefits while reducing checkpoint wait times with separate lanes for security screening […]
Photo credit:Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland Star Alliance introduces its first Connecting Partner, Juneyao Airlines. The Shanghainese airline started operations in September of 2006. Today it operates 62 Airbus A320 aircraft with an average fleet age of three years. The airline targets the middle-to-high level official, business and leisure […]
Jet Airways is launching two new direct flights from 29 October 2017 connecting Chennai with Paris and Bengaluru with Amsterdam. Launch of these new routes will enable travellers to fly to destinations in Europe and North America with codeshare partners Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Delta Air Lines. […]
Yesterday Vietjet Air celebrated the launch of its inaugural flight connecting Singapore and Hanoi. A flash mob dance by Vietjet’s cabin crew took place at Changi Airport Terminal 3. Vietjet is the fifth airline that offers direct flights between the two cities joining Singapore Airlines, Tigerair, Vietnam Airlines and […]
5,11 million passenger movements, 30,920 landings and takeoffs and 188,630 tonnes of cargo shipments were handled by Singapore Changi Airport in March 2017. There was a year-on-year increase compared to the same period last year. Passenger traffic was boosted by growth across all regions. Amongst the airport’s top 10 country markets, […]