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NewsSingapore Airlines to slash 4,300 jobs across group as pandemic takes toll
Singapore Airlines Group is to cut 4,300 positions across its airlines in a further sign of the scale of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the air travel industry. SIA expects to only be operating less than half its capacity by the end of the current financial year ...
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Analysis
How many jobs are airlines cutting due to coronavirus?
Of the large airlines to have made announcements so far, most have implemented job cuts affecting significant proportions of their workforces.
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In depth
Asia-Pacific coronavirus crisis has clear winners and losers
Asia-Pacific airlines continue to have a rough ride with coronavirus, but the crisis will place further airspace between stronger and weaker carriers.
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Singapore Airlines parent slips to full-year net loss
SIA Group saw its annual operating profit dwindle to S$59 million ($41 million) in the 12 months ended 31 March – from S$1.07 billion the previous financial year – and was loss-making at the net level.
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SIA Group flags ‘material’ final-quarter loss; renegotiates deliveries
The Singapore Airlines Group expects a “material” quarterly operating loss from the “severe impact” of the coronavirus outbreak, as it seeks to readjust aircraft deliveries and defer payments to its suppliers. However, it will still be in the black for the full financial year ended 31 March, thanks to ...
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SIA’s fund-raising plan is ‘gold standard’: Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs deems Singapore Airline’s plans to raise up to S$15 billion ($10 billion) the “gold standard” among coronavirus-related rescue packages for airlines. “We view that as really the gold standard for the packages that have been put in place,” Nicola Dondi, managing director at Goldman Sachs (Asia), said ...
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SIA Group flags financial impact of limited passenger network
Singapore Airlines Group expects to extend capacity cuts and warns of material impact to its financial performance in the quarter ended 31 March. Singapore banned short-term visitors from entering or transiting from 24 March, and the group said in a stock-exchange disclosure on 15 April that “capacity was ...
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Coronavirus costs Cathay HK$2 billion in February
Cathay Pacific made an unaudited loss of more than HK$2 billion ($257 million) in February, as it takes a hit from the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines saw falling passenger numbers for the month, and warns of weakened travel demand in the near term.
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Passenger growth lifts Singapore Airlines’s third-quarter results
Singapore Airlines’ group operating profit grew 15.7% during the third-quarter to S$449 million ($323 million) on the back of strong growth in the passenger business, and despite declining cargo earnings.
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Airbus aims to tackle A380 reconfiguration costs with Singapore MRO
SIA joint venture carries out first cabin retrofitss
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SIA Group slashes capacity to China over coronavirus outbreak
Singapore Airlines and SilkAir have cut a number of flights to China for February, as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus continues its unabated spread. The capacity cuts will affect SIA flights to Beijing, Shanghai Pudong and Guangzhou. SilkAir, meanwhile, will be reducing the number of flights to ...
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ANA and Singapore Airlines ink joint venture agreement
Star Alliance carriers All Nippon Airways and Singapore Airlines have signed a joint venture agreement to deepen their existing partnership. The agreement, subject to regulatory approval, would allow both carriers to widen their partnership beyond Singapore and Japan, to “key markets” such as Australia, India, Indonesia and Malaysia. ...
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South Korea signs open-skies agreements with Singapore and Brunei
South Korea has signed an open-skies agreement with Brunei Darussalam and Singapore, allowing an unlimited number of flights to be operated between the respective countries.
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AAPA sees trade, slowing economy affecting airline sector
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) sees a number of danger signs that could affect the prospects for the industry, and believes governments could do more to facilitate air transport in the region.
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Opinion
K-pop safety video signals change at Korean Air
Korean Air is showing off some new K-pop moves in its new safety video and wants its customers to sit up and pay attention.
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SIA sets 2022 date for 777-9 service entry
Singapore Airlines will introduce the Boeing 777X into service in 2022, updating earlier indications that the carrier would be taking delivery of the widebody from 2021.
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SIA sees upside in tie-up with Malaysia Airlines
Singapore Airlines (SIA) sees potential in its commercial tie-up with Malaysia Airlines, having signed a wide-ranging commercial agreement in October.
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SIA quarterly profit down 8.6% amid falling cargo revenue
Singapore Airlines' group operating profit fell by 8.6% to S$213 million ($157 million) in its second quarter, as cargo declines impaired revenue growth and costs were inflated by capacity expansion and a higher fuel bill.
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SIA and Malaysia Airlines add revenue-sharing to partnership
Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines have signed a wide-ranging commercial agreement, which will include revenue sharing and expanded codeshares, building on a memorandum of understanding which was signed in June.
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SriLankan MRO unit conducts line maintenance on SIA's 787s
SriLankan Engineering will be providing line maintenance to Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 787-10s that operate to Male in the Maldives.
