Singapore Airlines
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Singapore Airlines is an airline based in Singapore. It carries people from Singapore to 5 continents in the world. It is a major airline in Southeast Asia as well as on the "Kangaroo Route" from Australia to the UK from Singapore. The company was the first airline to operate the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet with a nickname of "superjumbo" – as well as the Boeing 787-10 and the longer range version of the Airbus A350-900. It was used to fly the longest planned flight in the world, from Singapore to Newark but only to be flown by the Airbus A340-500 until they were dropped in November 2013 until they operate it back with the new Airbus A350-900ULR in October 2018 with modified fuel system. In addition, there is also a low-cost airline, called Scoot. Scoot is the airline that has a mix of Airbus A320 and Boeing 787.
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Founded | May 1, 1947 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | October 1, 1972 | ||||||
Hubs | Singapore Changi Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | KrisFlyer | ||||||
Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
Fleet size | 156 | ||||||
Destinations | 72 | ||||||
Parent company | Temasek Holdings | ||||||
Employees | 14,117 (2022) |
Singapore Airlines was given "Airline of the Year" by Skytrax in 2008. Its hub, Singapore Changi Airport, was given "Airport of the Year" in 2006.