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...Koh, a business veteran in the city-state, has also chaired telecoms group Singtel, the city’s biggest bank DBS and Singapore Airlines....
...It has fallen more than 20 per cent since the start of July, even as many airlines including British Airways owner IAG, easyJet and Singapore Airlines have reported record earnings....
...Singapore Airlines has recently announced plans to fly from Gatwick, joining Emirates, Air India and three major Chinese airlines....
...After Singapore, the company headed to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia....
...Since then, Tata has announced plans to merge Vistara, its premium carrier co-owned by Singapore Airlines, with Air India and merge Air India Express with AIX Connect, formerly AirAsia India....
...Lufthansa’s Carsten Spohr agreed, and added that the German carrier used to fly directly to 14 destinations in south-east Asia, but now only flies to Singapore and Bangkok....
...China this month announced new visa-free travel arrangements with Singapore and Thailand. Last year, Beijing introduced visa-free policies for some countries including Germany, Italy and Spain....
...Rival Singapore Airlines, which released its third-quarter results last month, warned that higher fuel prices and rising operating costs could weigh on its outlook....
...Three other shareholders — the UK’s Universities Superannuation Scheme, Canada’s Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Singapore’s GIC — have also exercised a right to try to sell their stakes...
...Corporate earnings: Australian mining powerhouse BHP and Singapore Airlines announce financial results for the quarter ending in December....
...Singapore Airlines’ share price has risen almost 17 per cent over the past year....
...Elsewhere, Australia’s Qantas and Singapore Airlines have both recently warned about pressures on fares, even as travel demand continues to show no sign of slowing....
...Comac on Tuesday made its international air show debut in Singapore and also signed a significant order from Tibet Airlines for 40 C919 jets and 10 of its smaller ARJ21 aircraft....
...Airlines across the world, from Ryanair to Singapore Airlines, have reported record profits, particularly through the summer months in the northern hemisphere....
...“Singapore Airlines [did] well last year because they functioned as the only realistic transit hub in all of Asia,” a senior Asian airline executive said....
...They include a new business extending the AirAsia brand to companies hoping to start airline franchises in developing countries....
...The appeal followed pledges of $1bn of fresh investment in the country from companies including Microsoft and United Airlines that were part of a 22-strong business delegation....
...Four big carriers — American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines — together control about 80 per cent of the market....
...The Singapore-based lessor added that although the proportion of its fleet leased to Chinese airlines over the past five years was down, it was “largely due to the fact that the Chinese market was closed...
...South Korea’s Coupang announces third-quarter figures and Singapore Airlines reports for the second quarter....
...The airline’s shares are up 7.7 per cent over the past month while shares of Singapore Airlines, which reported its biggest quarterly net profit ever in the three months to June, have dipped by 1.4 per cent...
...Shell has also made noises about selling its Singapore refinery and chemical plants. The oil major now anticipates a writedown on these of up to $2bn....
...as people were still absorbing the scenes of that disaster came shocking images on television of two aircraft on fire after a collision at Haneda Airport, where my family and I had taken off on a Japan Airlines...
...Additional reporting by Tee Zhuo in Singapore...
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