Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines 新加坡 航空 சிங்கப்பூர் வான்வழி
IATA code :	SQ
ICAO code :	SIA
Call sign :	SINGAPORE
Founding:	1971
Seat:	Singapore
Turnstile :	Singapore Changi
Home airport :	Singapore Changi
ISIN :	SG1V61937297
IATA prefix code :	618
Management:	Goh Choon Phong ( CEO )
Number of employees:	14,046
Sales:	US $ 11.7 billion (2015)
Passenger volume:	19 million (2015)
Alliance :	Star Alliance
Frequent Flyer Program :	KrisFlyer
Fleet size:	136 (+ 68 orders)
Aims:	international
Website:	www.singaporeair.com

Singapore Airlines ( Chinese  新加坡 航空 , Tamil சிங்கப்பூர் வான்வழி , SIA for short ) is the national airline of the city-state of Singapore based at Singapore Airport . She is a member of the airline alliance Star Alliance and together with the cargo airline Singapore Airlines Cargo the roof company Singapore Airlines Group , whose shares on the Singapore Exchange are traded.

history

Airspeed Consul of the former Malayan Airways

Origin company

The beginnings of today's airline reach back to the late 1940s, when on May 1, 1947 Airspeed Consul of origin airline under its former name Malayan Airways Limited from Singapore-Kallang in Singapore for the first scheduled flight via Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh to Penang took off . In the decades that followed, the company procured such aircraft as the Douglas DC-4 , Vickers Viscount , Lockheed Super Constellation , Bristol Britannia , Comet 4 and Fokker F-27 . In 1957 the Malaya Federation was granted independence by Great Britain . Several Douglas DC-3s joined the steadily growing fleet.

From Malaysian Airways Limited to Singapore Airlines

On September 16, 1963, the expanded Malaysia federation was formed , after which the airline was named Malaysian Airways Limited in November 1963 , until it was renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines ( MSA for short ) in December 1966 , since Singapore joined the federation on August 9 Left in 1965. In 1967 the fleet was enlarged and the route network was greatly expanded. In the same year she moved to a new company headquarters in Singapore. In 1968, MSA took over its first Boeing 707 , which was initially used on flights to Tokyo .

After political disagreement, Malaysian Airways was split into two separate companies. Today's Malaysian Airline System (later Malaysia Airlines ) emerged on the Malay side , while Singapore Airlines was founded in Singapore . Since almost all international routes were flown from Singapore, Singapore Airlines took over all seven Boeing 707s and five Boeing 737s . MAS focused on the regional market and took over the rest of the fleet, consisting of the Fokker F-27.

1970s and 1980s

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 of Singapore Airlines in 1979

SIA's female cabin crew kept the traditional Malay uniform of the previous company. The French designer Pierre Balmain designed the look of the sarong kebaya for Singapore Airlines. In addition, the successful marketing idea, the Singapore Girl, was introduced. From now on, flight attendants who correspond to this ideal will be hired as cabin crew, whereby the nationality is in the background. The stewardesses are still the main element of advertising today. The route network, which initially comprised 22 destinations, grew rapidly in the 1970s. Many destinations on the Indian subcontinent and in East Asia were added; the first "Jumbos" and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s complete the fleet.

In two short phases in 1977 and between 1979 and 1981, Singapore Airlines, in cooperation with British Airways, offered supersonic flights between London and Singapore-Paya Lebar Airport with Concorde . For this occasion, the British Airways Concorde with the aircraft registration G-BOAD was painted on one side of the fuselage in SIA colors. The flights ended after the Malaysian government issued a different route and India banned supersonic flights in its airspace. The last aspect in particular made the Concorde mission impossible.

The 1980s were characterized by the constant modernization of the fleet with Boeing 747-300 , Boeing 757-200 , Airbus A300 and Airbus A310 . Furthermore, destinations in Canada , the USA and Africa (Johannesburg) were included in the increasingly extensive flight plan. SIA was the first airline to operate a Boeing 747-400 on transpacific routes.

More recent history since 1990

Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 in 2006

Singapore Airlines Building

In the 1990s, SIA also drew attention to itself through costly large orders for new types of aircraft. In 1994, 22 additional Boeing 747s and 30 Airbus A340-300s were ordered for 10.3 billion US dollars . A year later, 77 Boeing 777s were purchased for US $ 12.7 billion, followed by an order for ten Airbus A340-500 ultra long- haul aircraft valued at US $ 2.2 billion in 1998.

In 2000, SIA made a name for itself as the world's first customer of the Airbus A380 . The order of ten copies at the time was increased by nine six years later at the Farnborough International Airshow in England. The first aircraft of this type was delivered on October 15, 2007.

In 2006, SIA was the second most successful airline in the world in terms of profit.

As of September 1, 2010, the Singapore Airlines A380 fleet counted twelve units delivered between Singapore and London , Paris , Zurich , Sydney , Melbourne , Hong Kong and Tokyo .

On September 3, 2010, Goh Choon Phong became the new Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines, succeeding Chew Choon Seng, who retired at the end of December 2010. Goh Choon Phong, 47 years old in 2010, joined Singapore Airlines in 1990 after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and three Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Scientific Management and Cognitive Science. He has previously held senior management positions in both Singapore and abroad. He currently holds the position of Executive Vice President Marketing and the Regions. He took up this position at the beginning of the year. Previously, he was President of Singapore Airlines Cargo for four years. He is currently (Sep. 2010) also serving as CEO of Silk Air .

On June 4, 2012, the low-cost airline Scoot began operations. With this, Singapore Airlines reacted to the increasing competition from cheap flights from Singapore. Competitors include the Australian Jetstar Airways , which is a subsidiary of Qantas , and AirAsia X .

On April 6, 2012, the last Boeing 747-400 from the Singapore Airlines fleet was adopted with a flight from Hong Kong to Singapore .

In December 2012, Singapore Airlines sold its 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic to Delta Air Lines .

As the last major airline in the world, Singapore Airlines allowed two women to start training as pilots for the first time in history in August 2015 . The training lasts up to three years.

On February 9, 2017, Singapore Airlines signed a letter of intent with Boeing to purchase 20 777-9s and 19 more 787-10s . The orders have not yet been placed.

According to Skytrax , along with All Nippon Airways , Asiana Airlines , Cathay Pacific , Etihad Airways , Eva Air , Garuda Indonesia , Hainan Airlines , Lufthansa and Qatar Airways, it is one of the ten five-star airlines in the world (as of December 2017).

Destinations

Several Singapore Airlines planes at their home base in Singapore

Singapore Airlines offers routes across Asia from Singapore . In addition, destinations in Europe , Australasia , Africa and North America are served.

In the German-speaking area, there are flights to Düsseldorf , Frankfurt , Munich and Zurich .

Code sharing

Singapore Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: ( Star Alliance members are marked with * )

Aegean Airlines * Air Canada * Air China * Air New Zealand * All Nippon Airways *

Asiana Airlines * Brussels Airlines * Croatia Airlines * Egypt Air * Ethiopian Airlines *

EVA Air * Garuda Indonesia JetBlue LOT * Lufthansa *

Malaysia Airlines SAS Scandinavian Airlines * Shenzhen Airlines * Silk Air South African Airways *

Swiss * Turkish Airlines * Virgin America Virgin Atlantic Virgin Australia

fleet

Airbus A330-300 of Singapore Airlines

Airbus A350-900 of Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER

Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10

Current fleet

As of May 2020, the Singapore Airlines fleet consists of 136 aircraft with an average age of 6.8 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats ( First / Business / Eco + / Eco )	Average age (May 2020)
Airbus A330-300	9			285 (- / 30 / - / 255)	6.0 years
Airbus A350-900	41	19th	+ 16 options	253 (- / 42/24/187)	2.0 years
Airbus A350-900ULR	7th		Delivery since 2018; SIA is the launch customer of the A350-900ULR	161 (- / 67/94 / -)
Airbus A380-800	19th		SIA is the first customer of the A380-800	379 (12/86/36/245) 409 (12/86 / - / 311) 441 (12/60/36/333)	8.1 years
Boeing 747-400F	7th		Until April 2018, the Singapore Airlines Cargo fleet	- freight -	16.5 years
Boeing 777-200ER	6th			271 (- / 26 / - / 245) 285 (- / 30 / - / 255)	17.7 years
Boeing 777-300	5			284 (8/50 / - / 226)	11.5 years
Boeing 777-300ER	27			264 (4/48/28/184) 278 (8/42 / - / 228)
Boeing 777-9		20th	Delivery from 2021	- open -
Boeing 787-10	15th	29	first delivery on March 25, 2018; SIA is the first customer of the 787-10	337 (- / 36 / - / 301)	1.6 years
total	136	68			6.8 years

The subsidiaries Scoot , Silk Air and Singapore Airlines Cargo use additional aircraft independently.

On May 19, 2017, the company announced that it would reintegrate the Singapore Airlines Cargo fleet of seven Boeing 747-400Fs into the parent company Singapore Airlines by the beginning of 2018.

Former aircraft types

Singapore Airlines Airbus A340-500 in 2008

De Havilland Comet 4 operated by Malaysia-Singapore Airlines in 1966

Singapore Airlines Boeing 757-200 in 1985

In the past, Singapore Airlines operated among others the following types of aircraft:

Airbus A300B4-200 Airbus A310-200 / 300 Airbus A340-300 / 500 Airspeed Consul Boeing 707-300 Boeing 727-200 Boeing 737-100 / 200/300 Boeing 747-200 / 300/400 Boeing 757-200

Bristol Britannia de Havilland Comet 4 Douglas DC-3 Douglas DC-4 Fokker F-27 Lockheed Super Constellation McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Vickers Viscount

Incidents

Singapore Airlines has had six incidents in its history, including three fatalities:

• On October 31, 2000, a Boeing 747-400 ( aircraft registration number 9V-SPK in the special "Tropical Colors" livery ) on Singapore Airlines flight 006 from Singapore via Taipei to Los Angeles collided with equipment from a construction site during take-off from Taiwan Taoyuan Airport the runway, whereupon the machine was torn into several parts, hit the ground again and caught fire. Of 179 people on board, 83 lost their lives in this accident. The machine was supposed to start from runway 05L , but accidentally turned onto parallel runway 05R , which was closed due to construction work. At the time of the collision, there was heavy monsoon rain with limited visibility.
• On June 27, 2016, a Boeing 777-300ER (aircraft registration number 9V-SWB ), en route from Singapore to Milan, had an oil leak in the right engine after two hours. The crew returned to Singapore. On landing the right engine and parts of the right wing caught fire. The 222 passengers and 19 crew members were uninjured. Significant damage was caused to the Boeing 777.

Trivia

• Singapore Airlines regularly gives specific nicknames to new aircraft types in their fleet. In the past, the Boeing 747-200 Super B , the 747-300 Big Top , the 747-400 Megatop , the Airbus A300 Superbus , the A310 3TEN , the A340-300 Celestar and the A340-500 were called Leadership . Among the current models, the 777 is called Jubilee , the A380-800 goes by the internal name Bigboy .
• Singapore Airlines is the world's most awarded airline. It has been voted “Airline of the Year” several times by Skytrax on the basis of user reviews. One of the most recent awards is the Business Traveler Award 2012 for "Best Airline for Business Travelers".
• The flight attendants are called Singapore Girls .
• With a scheduled almost nineteen-hour flight from Singapore to New York (Newark) in October 2018, Singapore Airlines resumed the world's longest scheduled flight, which had already been offered in 2004, but was discontinued in 2013 due to excessively high oil prices . An Airbus A350-900ULR is used , which has a range of 9,700 nautical miles , i.e. around 18,000 kilometers. This flight has 67 business class and 94 premium economy seats . There is no first or economy class .

See also

• List of airlines

literature

• BI Hengi: Airlines Worldwide , 9th updated edition from 2018, Nara, ISBN 978-3-925671-69-2 , p. 280

Web links

Commons : Singapore Airlines  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Singapore Airlines  Travel Guide

• Singapore Airlines website (including Tamil, English, German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} singaporeair.com - Annual Report and Sustainability Report (English), accessed September 8, 2016
2. ^ Flight International, May 18, 1972
3. ↑ aerosecure.de - Top 10: The ten largest airlines in the world by profit (as of August 2007)
4. ↑ flyscoot.com - Hello Sydney! Scoot Gets Outta Here Tonight! (English), June 4, 2012
5. ↑ news.sky.com - Virgin Atlantic Takes On BA With Delta Deal (English) December 11, 2012
6. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - First female pilots for Singapore Airlines accessed on April 18, 2016
7. ↑ Boeing - Boeing Statement on Singapore Airlines' Intent to Purchase 20 777-9s, 19 787-10s, February 9, 2017 (English), accessed February 12, 2017
8. ↑ Certified 5-Star Airline Ratings. In: skytrax.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017 . 
9. ↑ singaporeair.com - Destinations accessed September 8, 2016
10. ↑ singaporeair.com - Our codeshare partners accessed on September 8, 2016
11. ↑ ^{a b c} Singapore Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 5, 2020, accessed on May 5, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Airbus: Orders and deliveries. In: airbus.com. March 31, 2020, accessed on May 5, 2020 . 
13. ^ Boeing: Orders & Deliveries. In: boeing.com. Retrieved May 5, 2020 . 
14. ↑ singaporeair.com - The Singapore Airlines fleet accessed on September 8, 2016
15. ↑ ^{a b} SIA Cargo To Be Re-Integrated As A Division Within Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines, May 19, 2017, accessed May 20, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Boeing update indicates firming of SIA deal for 777Xs and 787-10s . In: Flightglobal.com . June 27, 2017 ( flightglobal.com [accessed March 31, 2018]).
17. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - double premiere at Singapore Airlines , accessed on March 26, 2018.
18. ↑ Data on the airline Singapore Airlines in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on June 27, 2016.
19. ↑ Flight accident data and report of Singapore Airlines flight 006 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
20. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Singapore Airlines: Airplane goes up in flames after emergency landing. In: Spiegel Online . Retrieved June 27, 2016 . 
21. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report for Singapore Airlines Flight 368 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
22. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Boeing 777 engine catches fire on landing, accessed on June 27, 2016
23. ↑ flight-newyork-singapore-airlines.de
24. ↑ Antonia Baum: Singapore Girls: Kebaya and Love. FAZ. Published November 1, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
25. ↑ Sönke Krüger: “Singapore Girls” - drilled into elite stewardesses with 26 photos. The world. Published November 27, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
26. ↑ Gesche Wüpper: Longest scheduled flight: Singapore Airlines starts connection to Newark with special A350 Die Welt. Published October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.