Until 1 December 2008, Singapore Airlines operated six flights per day.
A highly lucrative route for LCCs due to its short distance and heavy traffic as the fourth-busiest in Asia, bringing Singapore Airline's capacity share on the route down to about 46.7%, Malaysia Airlines' down to 25.3%, and increase to 17.3% to the three LCCs now permitted on the route, and the remainder shared by three other airlines as of 22 September 2008. In 2007 Singapore Airlines welcomed the liberalization of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route, previously restricted to Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines under rules designed to protect the state-run airlines from competition for over three decades, accounting for about 85% of the over 200 flight frequencies then operated.
In 2005 AirAsia, a low-cost carrier (LCC) based in Malaysia, accused Singapore Airlines of double standards, when it claimed that the Government of Singapore attempted to keep it out of the Singapore market, despite desiring to fly routes out of Australia itself. Singapore Airlines has taken advantage of liberal bilateral aviation agreements between Singapore and Thailand, and with the United Arab Emirates, to offer more onward connections from Bangkok and Dubai, respectively. The route was suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This route was known as the Capital Express. Singapore Airlines also operated flights between Singapore and Wellington, New Zealand via Canberra until May 2018, when the intermediate stop was changed to Melbourne. Six destinations apiece are served in Australia and India, more than anywhere else. It flew 11.0% of all international traffic into and out of Australia in the month ended March 2008. The airline has a key role in the Kangaroo Route, operating flights between Australia and the United Kingdom via Singapore. Singapore Airlines discontinued flights to Vancouver and Amritsar in 2009, and São Paulo in 2016. During the SARS outbreak in 2003–04, Singapore Airlines ceased flights to Brussels, Chicago, Las Vegas, Hiroshima, Kaohsiung, Madrid, Mauritius, Shenzhen, Surabaya, and Vienna. Singapore Airlines flies on five continents from its primary hub in Singapore.Īfter the Asian financial crisis in 1997, Singapore Airlines discontinued its routes to Berlin, Darwin, Cairns, Hangzhou, Kagoshima, and Sendai. Main article: List of Singapore Airlines destinations In 2023, the airline for the fifth time took the prize of "Best Airline" as well as the "Best First Class Airline" by Skytrax. The airline has also won the second and fourth positions as the World's Best Airlines and World's Cleanest Airlines respectively in 2019. Singapore Airlines was voted as the Skytrax World's Best Airline Cabin Crew 2019. It ranks amongst the top 15 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue passenger kilometers and is ranked tenth in the world for international passengers carried. 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 (ULR) version of the Airbus A350-900. Scoot, a wholly owned subsidiary, operates as a low-cost carrier. Singapore Airlines Cargo operates SIA's freighter fleet and manages the cargo-hold capacity in SIA's passenger aircraft. 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 Group has more than 20 subsidiaries, including numerous airline-related subsidiaries. The airline is ranked as a 5-star airline by Skytrax, and it has also been ranked as the world's best airline five times. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in the corporate branding segment. Singapore Airlines ( abbreviation: SIA or SQ) is the flag carrier of the Republic of Singapore with its hub located at Singapore Changi Airport.
Financials for fiscal year April 1 2022–31 March 2023.
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