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Zipair is planning to launch weekly flights between Tokyo Narita – Singapore from 7 Sep

A YouGov study has shown that Singapore Airlines ranked as the top most recommended brand in Singapore

JetStar Asia will start to operate 2 weekly flights between Singapore and Phuket from 3 Sep. It is anticipating a strong demand from transit passengers

Air New Zealand is planning to launch a Christchurch-Singapore route from 30 Nov 5 times per week

Changi Airport Terminal 4 may be used to process “very high risk” arrivals, instead of the current Terminal 2, as it has a larger capacity

Scoot will use its new Airbus A321neo planes for routes to Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines from 28 June

Singapore Airlines will launch live online shopping on board from 28 Jun, the first airline to do so

Passengers on Singapore Airlines or Scoot from 25 Jun will have the option of offsetting their carbon emissions as part of a voluntary program

Singapore Airlines has said that talks with Australia on a travel bubble aren’t going anywhere, as the Australian government is not open to discussions on mutual vaccination status recognition, testing and tracing regimes and triggers to suspend the bubble

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is looking at a proposed partnership between Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways to ensure it does not infringe the Competition Act

Singapore Airlines’ $6.2 billion SGD rights issue was undersubscribed, with Temasek Holdings buying the majority

Singapore Airlines has said that its group passenger traffic increased in May 2021 to 101,700, and capacity in May increased to 27% of pre-COVID levels. At the end of May, it served 49 destinations

Jewel Changi Airport will reopen on 14 Jun after being closed for a month. Airport passenger terminals remain closed to the general public. The airport will also allocate $15 million SGD to help workers to adjust to the new protocols in place, for a special monthly allowance for workers as well as catering for meals for workers

Singapore Airlines will restart its flights to Manchester Airport from 17 Jul

Singapore Airlines has launched its AppChallenge 2021 Startup Track. It will run 3 challenges: Seamless Travel Experience, People and Operations and Sustainability. Successful applicants will be fast tracked into the SIA accelerator program

Singapore Airlines has reassured the public that it has sufficient cash flow to allow it to make investments and capitalise on new opportunities, as well as retain its employees. It expects its current funds to last until 2022/2023

Starlux are planning to fly to Singapore from Taipei in H2, although no firm date has yet been set

Changi Airport will segregate airport workers depending on their exposure risk, and only vaccinated workers will be able to work in high-risk areas. The new protocols will be in place by 13 Jun. Workers in high-risk zones will have daily rapid non-invasive testing at the end of each shift and will be assigned separate dining, rest and toilet areas

The Changi Airport Terminal 3 cluster started in the arrival gates and baggage halls, with airport staff working in close proximity to one another. These then mingled with those working in transit areas and the Basement 2 food court, spreading it to more than 100 people

19,000 airport workers have been tested for COVID19, with just 10 testing positive

Singapore Airlines is not planning further redundancies this financial year

Singapore Airlines have posted an annual loss for year ending 31 Mar of $4.27 billion SGD, with annual revenue falling by 76.1%. It expects airline pax to rise to 28% of pre-pandemic levels by Jun and 32% by Jul, driven by freight demand. In March, it flew to 60 destinations, compared to 54 at end of Dec It will issue $6.2 billion SGD of mandatory convertible bonds

Singapore Changi Airport will increase vaccination rates for the remaining 10% of staff who are unvaccinated

Singapore Airlines Group’s Apr traffic was 10X YoY, rising to 24% of pre-pandemic levels and carrying 110,300 pax. Its load factor was 13.7%. At the end of Apr, it flew to 49 destinations

Changi Airport will separate passengers from high-risk countries and regions from those arriving from low-risk regions. Passengers will use different immigration halls, baggage belts and toilets. Those from very high risk countries will be escorted separately. This comes after a cluster of infections from the airport came from a zone of the airport which receives higher risk passengers. Airport workers in higher-risk roles will be places on a 7-day routine testing cycle

Jewel Changi Airport has said that it will give tenants rental assistance to help with the 2-week closure

Changi Airport has seen daily arrivals increase from 820 in Nov to 1,200 in March. The increase was largely due to the taking in of more migrant workers and foreign domestic workers. This group also contributed to 40% of Singapore’s imported cases

8 May: 4 workers at Changi Airport have tested positive for COVID-19. The airport will now carry out special testing for all staff working at Terminals 1 and 3, as well as Jewel

Singapore Airlines plans to use its fifth freedom rights to reopen its flight between Tokyo and Los Angeles over summer 2021

Singapore Airlines has raised $2 billion SGD thanks to a buy and leaseback agreement for 11 of its aircraft. Since 1 Apr, it has now raised $15.4 billion SGD in new liquidity, from this transaction as well as right issuance, secured finance, issuance of convertible bonds and notes and new lines of credit

Singapore Airlines expects to reach 27% of its pre-COVID levels by Jun 2021

Singapore Airlines has welcomed the relaunch of the ATB between Singapore-HK, calling it an “important milestone”

Singapore Airlines will reopen its flights from Singapore to Denpasar from 4 May, with 2 round trips per week. However, Singapore Airlines have confirmed that this is not have of the Travel Corridor Arrangement (TCA)

Changi Airport is trialling COVID-19 breathalyser tests, TracieX, at T1. The tests have so far demonstrated 95% accuracy, and results take just 2 minutes. They cost around $20 USD per test, much cheaper than the current antigen rapid tests. The STB welcomes the new of this technology, saying that it could help MICE events

Singapore Airlines will stop serving transit passengers to Hong Kong from 17 Apr, and Scoot from the end of Apr after it had a 2-week suspension for flights into Hong Kong. Transit will be permitted via Singapore from Hong Kong

Singapore Airlines Group reported a drop of 90.2% in pax carriage in Mar, calling the demand still “depressed”. Singapore Airlines’ pax carriage was -88.9%, SilkAir -92.9% and Scoot -95.9%. Singapore Airlines flew to 47 destinations, with SilkAir’s increase of services. It remains hopeful for a “measured recovery” in air travel, expecting to recover pax capacity to 27% of pre-COVID levels by Jun. It plans to add flights to Bali in May

Scoot has been banned temporarily for carrying flights to Hong Kong from 16-29 Apr after detecting 2 passengers who tested positive for COVID-19

Singapore Airlines is keen to commit to the idea of a Singapore-Australia travel bubble, even though it is concerned about birder requirements and the notice given over changes by the Australian government

Changi Airport Group has launched a new online service, Safe Travel Concierge, which will help travellers flying into Singapore. It allows passengers to book their on arrival RT-PCR test, and check that they have completed all their travel requirements before departing for Singapore

Gulf Air have launched a new direct service from Singapore to Bahrain

Singapore Airlines plans to integrate the IATA Travel Pass into its mobile app from the middle of the year after a successful pilot

Hong Kong has barred Singapore Airlines flights from landing from 3-16 Apr, after it announced that a passenger flying from Singapore to HK on 31 Mar was confirmed to have COVID-19, and 3 others "failed to comply with requirements specified”. Singapore Airlines has said that all 4 passengers were transit ones and all had negative tests prior to departure

Singapore Airlines, together with the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia, have communicated concern to Australia that airlines flying into Australia are doing so under "very poor commercial conditions and ongoing operational challenges"

Changi Airport has released a new baggage disinfection service at Terminal 3

Star Alliance will open up a management office in Singapore later in 2021

Singapore’s Changi Airport has reported its Feb 2021 traffic, with 118,000 pax only (-96.6% YoY), and 6,710 aircraft movements

Singapore Airlines has successfully started trialling the IATA Travel Pass on its flights between Singapore – London

Scoot has launched a pilot with digital verification of COVID-19 test results, as well as an online portal which allows customers departing from Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong book pre-departure tests

Singapore Airlines Group’s passenger carriage in Feb were down 96.6% YoY, as demand is “severely dampened”. However, it has expressed “cautious optimism” for H2. In February, Singapore Airlines flew to 40 cities, the same numbers as in Jan. It expects a “calibrated expansion” of its networks over the coming months, with its passenger capacity to be 26% of pre-COVID levels by May

Singapore Airlines stocks jumped after the announcement that Singapore was in talks with Australia for a travel bubble

Singapore Airlines flew it inaugural flight to Phuket on 4 Mar

Singapore Airlines will be the world’s first to trial the IATA Travel Pass

The Transport Minister expects some recovery in the aviation industry, but it will not be a “V-shape”. Instead of forcing a quick recovery, the government will focus on helping it adapt to the new normal, and build up confidence that Changi will be an international air hub after the pandemic. The passenger traffic at Changi airport is just 2.5% of pre-pandemic levels, and is connected to 66 cities worldwide as opposed to 160. As of Q3 2020, the sector lost 6,000 jobs, 500 of which were retrenchments

Singapore Airlines is planning to reopen flights to Toyko Haneda from Mar and Taipei from Apr. It forecasts it will reach 25% of its pre-COVID pax capacity by end of May

580,000 KrisFlyer and PPS members have been impacted by a data security breach, Singapore Airlines has said, due to a hack of SITA

Singapore Airlines will trial using the IATA travel pass app to record negative COVID-19 tests for flights between Singapore to London

Singapore Airlines’ stock hit its highest level since March 2020 through anticipation of the vaccine rollout worldwide

Singapore Airlines plans to retrofit 3 of it’s A380 aircraft with newer cabin products by 2022/2023. This would allow the airline to carry more economy and premium economy class passengers, with more legroom and privacy

Gulf Air is planning to add Singapore to its network from Apr 2021

KrisShop will launch a new platform which will give real-time updates on pricing and availability of inflight retail products, giving shoppers the option of home delivery or on their next flight

Singapore Changi Airport reported that its January passengers were 145,000, -97.6% YoY, whilst it saw aircraft movements of 7,500, -77.6% YoY

The government’s aviation budget 2021 allocation is expected to help Singapore Airlines, the CEO said, allowing their employees to retain knowledge and acquire new skills if necessary

Singapore’s Connect@Singapore business travel program has started accepting applications, with the launch of Connect@Changi, specially developed facilities which will accommodate the business travellers, allowing them to have business meetings with Singaporean partners whilst remaining safe. The first phase of Connect@Changi will have 150 guestrooms and 40 meeting rooms, but when it is fully operational, it could host 1,300 travellers

: Singapore’s 2021 Budget will allocate $870 mil SGD for the aviation sector, as recovery will “take some time”. The government expects the sector to improve its capabilities and invest in travel safety. Key allocations include: • 50% wage subsidy support for local employees from Apr-Sep 2021 as part of their $870 million SGD budget. This will be made up from the Job Support Scheme’s (JSS) 30% support from Apr-Jun and a 10% support each in Jul and Sep, topped up by the Aviation Workforce Retention Grant for those based principally at Changi Airport • The Enhanced Training Support Programme will also be extended • Pilots, air traffic controllers and aircraft maintenance engineers will get a rebate on their licences and medical evaluation fees • 10% landing charge rebate for all scheduled passenger flight slanding in Singapore • 50% rebate for rental on ground handling companies’ lounges and offices at Changi and Seletar Airports

Singapore Airlines’ Jan 2021 saw a 75.8% drop YoY in capacity, operating to 40 cities, up from Dec’s 39. Its pax carriage was -96.7%

Singapore’s 2021 Budget will allocate $870 mil SGD for the aviation sector, as recovery will “take some time”. The government expects the sector to improve its capabilities and invest in travel safety. Key allocations include: • 10% landing charge rebate for all scheduled passenger flight slanding in Singapore • 50% rebate for rental on ground handling companies’ lounges and offices at Changi and Seletar Airports

Singapore Airlines Group pax was down -97.3% YoY in Jan 2021, with demand “depressed”

Singapore Airlines flew the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Australia and New Zealand on 15 Feb

3 Singapore Airlines flights with fully vaccinated cabin crew and pilots departed Changi Airport on 11 Feb. The airline is still operating at just 4% of its pre-COVID capacity. More than 85% of the airline’s staff have now been vaccinated with at least one dose, and all those who have signed up will be fully vaccinated by the end of Mar

Singapore Airlines will reopen its flights to Dubai, Moscow and Munich

Singapore Airlines will postpone $4 billion SGD worth of Airbus and Boeing orders, after agreeing to delay delivery of new planes. It plans to convert 14 of its Boeing 787-10 to 11 777-9S. Some aircraft will also be delivered over a longer period of time

Safety measures are being ramped up at Changi Airport for some of its taggers, ushers and administrators after a local case was detected who worked at Changi Terminals 1 and 3

Singapore Airlines reported a $106 million USD loss for Q4, creating an operating loss of $2.1 billion USD in 2020 FY. The airline has sad that it is “well positioned” and will “remain nimble and flexible as we look seize all opportunities”. In Dec 2020, it served 38 destinations including Singapore, and is flying 64 aircraft of its 185

Singapore Airlines expects to be at 25% pre-COVID capacity by end Apr 2021, serving 45% of the destinations it did previously

Singapore Airlines has been ranked 34th in a list of 50 companies most admired by Fortune magazine

Singapore Airlines will start consolidating Silk Air’s flights into its own operations, with the full integration of Silk Air into Singapore Airlines slated for the end of the 2021/2022 financial year

Singapore Airlines will operate their Phuket service with a Boeing 737-800 as more SilkAir routes are transferred over

Singapore and India are in talks to resume scheduled flights between the 2 countries, but this would not involve an air travel bubble arrangement, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore have said

Sobie Aviation forecasts that the Singapore Airlines group and Changi Airport may still see fewer pax in 2021 than in 2020

Changi Airport saw passenger traffic fall by 82.8% YoY in 2020, welcoming just 11.8 million pax. Apr and May saw the worst months, with a 99.5% drop YoY in traffic, and it slightly improved to 97.6% in Dec

Singapore Airlines and SilkAir passengers in Jakarta and Medan are now able to book pre-departure tests and receive their results in a one-stop portal, as part of IATA’s Travel Pass framework

Singapore’s aerospace will have $40 million SGD allocated to it over the next 3 years by the SIA Engineering Corp, to improve aircraft efficiency and allow shorter transit times for passengers

Singapore Airlines has resumed its flights to Munich

Singapore Airlines has been awarded the highest rating, Diamond, in the APEX Health Safety audit

Singapore was no longer one of the busiest airports in Asia in 2020, with Incheon International, Seoul taking the top spot

Selected foreign carriers will be permitted to resume transit operations at Changi, including Garuda Indonesia, Lufthansa and Swiss

Singapore Airlines have raised $500 million USD through its first USD bond issue. The issuance as oversubscribed, and the money will be used for aircraft purchases, payments and other general purposes

Singapore Airlines crew now need to wear a tracking device for the duration of their stay overseas to ensure that they do not leave their hotel room

Singapore Airlines Group announced its group pax capacity was -81.3% YoY in Dec ’20, but month on month, it grew 46% vs Nov ’20. It expects to see he group’s passenger capacity to grow around 25% of pre-COVID numbers by end Mar, surviving around 45% of the destinations it previously did

Singapore Airlines is extending the elite status of all existing PPS Club and KrisFlyer memberships which expire between Mar 2021-Feb 2022

Singapore Airlines will carry passengers from the UK onwards to Sydney and Auckland via Changi, despite the ban on UK passengers entering Singapore, with special limitations in place

Singapore Airlines flew the first of its Boeing 737-8 Max planes back from Alice Springs after receiving approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore to use the planes once more

Crew from Singapore-based air carriers will need to undergo stricter measures. They will need to minimise their contact with locals on layovers, and those from high-risk destinations to undergo PCR tests on arrival and the 3rd and 7th day of their return to Singapore. They will need to self-isolate until a negative result from the 7th day test

The aviation sector will be allocated $84 million SGD in addition to the previous benefits from the government. Funding would be used to support the adoption of technology and safety measures to protect airport workers and crew. The Transport Minister has said that the “harsh winter continues” for aviation, and Changi Airport is carrying just 2% of its previous pax levels. Licence fees for scheduled air services, Certificates of Airworthiness will continue to be waived, and ground handling and catering service fees will be 50% off

Singapore Airlines has started trialling a new service which will allow immigration authorities to scan a QR code using an app to verify COVID-19 test results. Travellers from Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta can enroll in the scheme if they have their tests done at selected clinics. It forms part of a partnership with IATA’s Travel Pass framework

Singapore Airlines will reopen flights to Dubai, Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, Moscow and Munich from Jan, as well as increasing frequencies to destinations in the USA, Europe and South Africa. They expect to reach 25% of pre-COVID levels by end Mar. Meanwhile, its November carriage was down 97.7% YoY

Singapore Airlines will resume daily flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York’s JFK from 18 Jan

The Changi Airport Group has launched a year-end campaign, “A New Year, Renewed Resolutions”, which inspires travellers to dream of holidays

Jetstar Asia has now reintroduced onboard catering

Changi Airport is positioning itself as a vaccine distribution hub for SE Asia, with the creation of the Changi Ready Task Force

Feedback is being sought on a proposal for cooperation between Singapore Airlines and Vistara by the competition watchdog. The cooperation would enhance the airlines’ scheduling, pricing and code share agreements on routes between India and Singapore, as well as India and “certain agreed markets”

Singapore and Europe have aligned their aircraft safety certification processes, which will allow aviation companies to get faster approval for new technologies

Singapore Airlines received its first passengers who booked with tickets issued under IATA’s NDC technology

Changi Airport now has over 17,000 products on its iShopChangi online platform, and have said that online sales have now surpassed pre-pandemic figures, with 90% of their customers being non-travellers. They have also held some shopping tours of their transit areas, on weekend by invitation to customers who would usually be travelling and shopping at Changi over the year-end period

Scoot has launched a new app, ScootHub, which will allow travellers to shop for duty-free and order food on their phones by scanning a QR code, reducing physical interactions

Cathay Pacific have said that the demand for the Singapore-Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble flights were “overwhelming”, and it had sold out a few weeks’ worth of tickets before it was postponed

Jetstar Asia will now be permitted to operate transit routes through Changi Airport from 6 SE Asian cities (Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Phnom Penh) from 1 Dec. Transiting passengers (except those from Vietnam) will need to wear a wristband so that the can be identified, will disembark from planes first and board last, and will be kept separate in an area near the front of the plane

The first tours of the Singapore Airlines’ training centre started on 21 Nov. Over 20,000 people had expressed interest in the tours, but the airline is not planning to open up further sessions. The airline has also managed to reduce the amount of single plastics to 80% with the introduction of new paper boxes and bamboo cutlery

Singapore Airlines is increasing its flights to the USA, doubling flights to Los Angeles and operating its first flights to San Francisco since Apr in Dec

Singapore Airlines is still the preferred airline for Singaporeans, with 35% of Singaporeans saying it is their airline of choice for short-haul flights and 74% for long-haul, a YouGov poll has showed. It also showed that Singaporeans were the most interested in the flight simulator (48%) as part of the Inside Singapore Airlines experiences

Singapore Airlines has applied self-disinfecting coatings to key areas of their fleet, including the toilets and overhead storage compartments. They are also working on other measures which will be announced later

Singapore Airlines Group’s Oct pax were down 98.1%, as “demand for air travel remained tepid”

Singapore Airlines is number 1 on the YouGov Best Brands list of 2020 for the 3rd year in a row, with WhatsApp and Changi Airport scoring 2nd and 3rd place

Scoot will operate the non-air travel bubble flights between Singapore and Hong Kong, and customers already booked onto Singapore Airlines but do not meet the conditions, or who are transiting through, will be rebooked onto Scoot

Singapore Airlines has announced an extension to its KrisFlyer Miles for the 3rd time, to Jun 2021

Over 50 businesses have expressed interest in Singapore Airlines’ training programs so far

Singapore Airlines has posted its biggest quarterly net loss of $2.3 billion SGD for Q3, with revenue dropping by 81%

Scoot will cut 7 cities from its network in Nov/ Dec, including Sydney, Clark, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Osaka. In Dec it will fly to just 12 cities

More safety measures are being taken at Changi Airport after 2 airport workers tested positive in Oct

Transit travellers from Australia, Brunei, Vietnam and New Zealand are now permitted to access shops at Changi Airport and the SilverKris lounge when flying, no longer having to remain in the transit holding pen

Singapore Airlines has created a new division, the Singapore Airlines Academy, which will offer training programs to external businesses in service excellence, operational excellence, organisational innovation and digital transformation

Singapore Airlines has seen “overwhelming demand” for their tours of its training facilities, with 6,800 registrations

Flight prices from Singapore to Hong Kong have already increased by up to 40%

Singapore Airlines will reopen its flight to Brunei from 1 Nov

Singapore Airlines has launched a new KrisFlyer Experience – dining in a Cable Car with Singapore Airlines’ First Class meals, in a twist to its SIA@Home program

Air Charter Service have seen 3 times as many charter flights in Aug as Mar, and have launched their own “flight to nowhere” from Seletar Airport

The first Restaurant @A380 experience from Singapore Airlines took place on 24 Oct – passengers also got to see a tour of the aircraft, including a session in the cockpit

Singapore Airlines will resume flights from Singapore to New York with "early signs of optimism". They will reopen flights to JFK from 9 Nov, with 3 weekly flights which will be a mix of passenger and cargo traffic, as well as catering for transit passengers

Singapore’s Transport Minister says that the global aviation industry could take at least 2 years to recover, and for mass travel to return. A balance therefore needs to be found between travel and epidemic control

Flight tickets increased in price within 24 hours of the announcement that Singapore and HK would launch a travel bubble with one another. Currently, there are 54 round trips filed for October between the 2 countries, and analysts expect to see demand depressed in the near-term

Singapore Airlines have started selling air tickets from Singapore to Bangkok from 16 Oct

Singapore Airlines has added additional seats for its Restaurant A380@Changi, after its 2 original seatings were sold out on the day they went on sale

Singapore Airlines will resume its flight to Fukuoka on 5 Nov, flying once a week. It will also expand its Singapore – Tokyo Narita and Singapore – Kansai route to 5 times/ week

The Changi Airport Terminal 5 project will be put on hold for 2 years to assess air traffic demand, the government has said

Changi airport will set up a dedicated testing lab at the airport as testing will be key to unlocking air travel, the Transport Minister has said. The airport already has a facility to be able to swab 10,000 pax/ day

The Transport Minister has said that now is not the time to be talking about imposing an environmental tax on Singapore Airlines

Changi Airport has dropped from being the 7th busiest airport in the world to 58th, with direct flights to just 49 cities worldwide, something which the Transport Minister has called a “deep crisis” for the airport group

Singapore Airlines expects to reach 15% of its normal volume of flights by year-end, increasing the number of destinations and frequencies. By the end of Mar 2021, it expects to be flying 50% of its usual pax traffic

Changi Airport Group’s net profit attributable to shareholders fell 36% in the financial year ending 31 Mar. The group has cut salaries of staff by up to 30%. The group have said that they will reassess air traffic demands for T5, but it remains a critical piece of infrastructure long-term

Singapore Airlines has unveiled its new experiences, called “Discover Your Singapore Airlines”. These include dining on board a stationary A380 in economy, premium economy, business and first class for 2 afternoons, tours of its training facilities, a flight stimulator experience and even a home dining food delivery experience. They will not offer flights to nowhere

All Nippon Airways will start flights to Singapore and Bangkok in November

Scoot will fly to 20 destinations in Oct and Nov from Singapore, adding Semarang in Indonesia and Tianjin in China

Singapore Airlines pilots have agreed to take harsher paycuts of up to 50% to save more jobs

Singapore Airlines Group reported a drop of -98.6% YoY for their Aug pax, carrying just 32,700 in total, with a load factor of 19.2%. Their passenger capacity was -91.1% YoY

Around 50% of Singapore Airlines’ cadet pilots and cabin crew attendees have been let go, with the other 50% allowed to complete training, but they must leave after

Singapore Changi Airport has come top in the Safe Travel Barometer’s lisr of safest airports, with a score of 4.7 out of 5

Singapore Airlines has confirmed it will not resume its routes to Canberra and Wellington

Singapore Airlines Group’s retrenched staff will get one month of pay per year of service, limited to 25 months, if they have been working at the group for at least 2 years

The Singapore Airlines Group is cutting 4,300 positions, directly affecting 2,400 employees, as the remaining 1,900 positions have already been cut by recruitment freezes and voluntary departure schemes. The airline expects to operate just 50% of its capacity by Mar 2021, and that it was a “painfully difficult decision” to make

Singapore Airlines may launch no-destination flights, according to sources, by mid-Oct. These could potentially be paid for by the government’s tourism credits. Flights would last 3 hours, and would likely be paired together with a package

All planes operating to/ from Singapore must have on-board emergency quarantine areas, with a section of seats blocked off to minimise passenger risk

Air Charter Service was seen 3 times more charter flights in and out of Singapore compared to the same period last year

Scoot will not pay its cabin crew a basic salary if they earn more than $2,500 SGD/ month in temporary jobs. For those who do not, they will have half of their basic salary paid

Singapore Airlines has now reduced the requirement needed to maintain or reach its loyalty scheme statuses for PPS Club and Krisflyer customers

Singapore Airlines Group and Jetstar Asia will be increasing the number of destinations. Jetstar Asia will restart flights to Cambodia on 18 Sep, as well as implement a new safety programme where passengers will receive a sanitising wipe and have sequenced boarding of flights

By the end of Nov, the Singapore Airlines group will have reached 11% of its January 2020 capacity

Workers in the aerospace sector can now access more training courses with higher subsidies with 13,000 places across 100 courses, in the hope to avoid workers leaving the industry

Singapore Airlines is planning to reopen its Singapore – New York JFK route from 1 Nov, according to the latest GDS filing

One of Singapore Airlines’ 787 Dreamliners has been affected by a grounding by Boeing after it discovered issues in the jet’s structure

dnata has laid off employees in Singapore, declining to announce the number or compensation of the workers. It stated that it will have a “stronger Singaporean core” than before, moving from 63% of its workers being Singaporean to 73% after the cuts

Scoot will add Tokyo and Osaka to its routes from Singapore in Sep

Reviving Singapore’s status as an air hub is a “top and immediate priority” according to the Ministry of Transport. They are also taking advantage of the downtime to review Terminal 5’s layout, to make it more resilient

Chinese nationals protested outside the Chinese Embassy against new requirements which would mean that they had to get tested before travelling back to China – something that Singapore does not usually do. In reaction, authorities have set up a testing service. 3 flights from Singapore has hit the ‘circuit breaker’ measure from China, where a 1-week flight suspension is triggered if 5 pax or more test positive onboard

Scoot has apologised after sending out a mass email to customers who have travelled with Scoot or have future bookings, regardless of whether they were the specific passengers who needed to take a COVID-19 test before a flight to Guangzhou. They put this down to human error, rather than a data leak

Scoot is extending its passenger network to 15 cities, including 3 cities in Indonesia – Palembang, Pekanbaru and Yogyakarta, bringing its Sep totals to 38 flights weekly

Singapore Airlines has spent $3.2 billion USD over the last 2 months, almost half of the amount it raised through rights issues in Jun

Aviation companies have welcomed the government’s extended measures for the industry, but note that they still need to carefully manage costs

More passengers will be allowed to transit at Changi Airport, including Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, on Singapore Airlines Group’s flights, in addition to last week’s approval for Cambodia and Vietnam. Routes include from Bangkok, Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Ipoh, Kuching, Kuala Lumpur and Penang

Singapore Airlines had a load factor of 22.5% in Jul, the highest level in 4 months, but still total pax numbers were -98.6% YoY

Singapore Airlines and SilkAir are offering early retirement or early release to its cabin crew to cut costs

6,000 Singapore Airlines group staff have taken unpaid leave, with 1,700 staff signed up to take on voluntary positions and jobs in external organisations. 8,000 staff have also taken skills training

Yogyakarta Airport (YIA) is set to reopen flights to Malaysia and Singapore, with flights to Malaysia starting on 16 Aug and to Singapore in Sep. Both flights would be operated by AirAsia

Jetstar Asia is set to reopen weekly services from Singapore to Penang, HCMC and Jakarta from 10 Aug. It will also reopen flights from Singapore to Clark, Manila and Medan later in the month, bringing it to 26 services/ week

Singapore Airlines will reopen its flight to Perth, flying 3 times/ week

Singapore Airlines will restart three services/week between Singapore and Taipei from Sep

AirAsia is planning to restart flights between Malaysia and Singapore in the week of 17 Aug, with daily flights between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and one weekly flight between Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Ipoh and Singapore. Guests will soon be able to upload their COVID-19 test results into the AirAsia mobile app and website during check in

Singapore Airlines/ Silkair customers can now transit from Milan via Changi Airport to any destination in the SIA group network

Maintaining Singapore as a competitive air hub is critical for the Ministry of Transport and will be prioritised. The Minister said that Singapore’s seaport and Changi Airport "oxygenate and vitalise various parts of the body and... add vitality and competitiveness to all sectors of Singapore"

Singapore Airlines will be cutting basic salary by 10% for all those below the rank of manager, whilst those above that rank will see deeper paycuts. The airline will also offer early retirement schemes for ground staff and pilots for those aged 50 and above. Staff must also brace themselves for more measures. Shares of the group dropped by 5.1%, the lowest rate for 21 years

Airbus have made some of its Singapore workers redundant, whilst aircraft maintenance company Eagle Services Asia also let go 140 workers

Thai AirAsia announced plans to resume the following routes in Aug from Bangkok Don Mueang Airport to Phnom Penh, Singapore and Yangon

Singapore Airlines and Silkair have updated their Aug/ Sep schedule, which will reach 7% of pre-pandemic levels, up from Jul’s 6%

Singapore Airlines’ Singapore – London Heathrow route will be increased to daily from 1 Aug

Singapore Airlines has raised $750 million SGD from long term loans, taking its total of raised liquidity to $11 billion SGD since the start of the financial year in Apr. They still have an option to raise up to $6.2 billion SGD in mandatory convertible bonds, which can be activated until Jul 2021

Scoot will reopen flights to Nanjing from 23 Jul, and Seoul and Kuala Lumpur next month, making a total of 11 destinations. Bookings made from 22 Jun – 30 Sep will also benefit from a one-time free date change

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will work together with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) to create common standards of safe air travel and facilitate air travel between the 2. The CAAS will also team with Changi General Hospital to create a civil aviation medical examination centre at Changi Airport, which will allow aviation licence holders access to medical services

Changi Airport has revealed that June’s pax movements were just 48,200, a decrease of 99.2% YoY, but this number has been slightly boosted by the opening of the China – Singapore green lane, as well as transit passengers

Singapore Airlines saw an average load factor of just 12.2% in June, with passenger carriage down 99.3% YoY. This is an improvement from May’s 8.6%. In its report, it said that “the recovery trajectory will be slower than initially projected”

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore has said that it will freeze fee increases for the financial year until 31 Mar 2021, which will save aviation companies around $200,000 SGD in total

Singapore Airlines and Silk Air will increase frequencies in Aug, but will not increase the number of locations. It will operate at approximately 7% of scheduled capacity, up from 6%. Routes which will be increased include to London, Kuala Lumpur and Osaka