Singapore Airlines
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Singapore Airlines (abbreviation: SIA) is the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Singapore with its hub located at Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in corporate branding segment.[3] It has been ranked as the world's best airline by Skytrax four times.[4]
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| Founded | 1 May 1947 (as Malayan Airways) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1 October 1972 (as Singapore Airlines) | ||||||
| Hubs | Changi Airport | ||||||
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| Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 146 | ||||||
| Destinations | 75 | ||||||
| Parent company | Temasek Holdings (55%)[1] | ||||||
| Traded as | SGX: C6L | ||||||
| Headquarters | Singapore | ||||||
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| Revenue |  S$7.6 billion (2022) | ||||||
| Operating income | S$−610 million (2022) | ||||||
| Net income | S$−962 million (2022) | ||||||
| Total assets | S$48.7 billion (2022) | ||||||
| Total equity | S$22.4 billion (2022) | ||||||
| Employees | 14,117 (2022) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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Singapore Airlines Group has more than 20 subsidiaries, including numerous airline-related subsidiaries. SIA Engineering Company handles maintenance, repair and overall (MRO) business across nine countries with a portfolio of 27 joint ventures including with Boeing and Rolls-Royce. Singapore Airlines Cargo operates SIA's freighter fleet and manages the cargo-hold capacity in SIA's passenger aircraft.[5] Scoot, a wholly owned subsidiary operates as a low-cost carrier.
Singapore Airlines was the first to put the Airbus A380—the world's largest passenger aircraft—as well as the Boeing 787-10 into service and is the only operator of the ultra long-range version of the Airbus A350-900. It ranks amongst the top 15 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue passenger kilometers[6] and is ranked tenth in the world for international passengers carried.[7] Singapore Airlines was voted as the Skytrax World's Best Airline Cabin Crew 2019.[8] The airline has also won the second and fourth positions as the World's Best Airlines[9] and World's Cleanest Airlines respectively in 2019.[10]