Posted in Airlines, Luxury, Passengers, Planes, tagged 6th Delivery, A380, Airbus, Good News Everyone, London, Singapore, Singapore Airlines, UK on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Singapore Airlines announced that on Thursday September 18th 2008, it received its 6th Airbus A380 from Airbus. The airline is supposed to use the super jumbo jet for a second daily flight between Singapore and London.
It is good news for Airbus and Airbus Investors since the company seems to be sticking to its delivery target [...]
Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Passengers, tagged Fuel Price, Fuel Surcharge, Good News Everyone, Singapore, Singapore Airlines, Slashing fees on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the days of $149 per barrel of crude oil to $106-$108 per barrel, none of the airlines seem to have passed the fuel savings yet. (I do admit that one of the reasons is that oil is still very expensive from its cost of $60-$80 a barrel an year back).
Singapore Airlines just announced that [...]
Posted in Airlines, tagged Airline of the Year, Best, OAG, Singapore, Singapore Changi on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the recently held 26th OAG Airline Industry Awards, Singapore Airlines was voted “OAG Airline of the year” (with the Best Airline in Asia and Best International First Class) and Singapore Changi, Singapore’s International Airport was voted the “Best Airport”.
From OAG Website –
“Multiple winners on the night included last year’s “Airline of the
Year”, British [...]
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Planes, tagged A340, All-Business, Business, Cost, Iphone dock, Ipod, LCD, Los Angeles, Luxury, New York, Singapore on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Singapore Airlines has been selling so many business class tickets on its routes from NYC-Singapore and LA-Singapore that “it is converting the five ultra-long-haul Airbus A340-500 jets that it uses on those routes to all-business-class seating“. Currently the aircrafts are – “outfitted in two classes: 63 business-class seats and 117 seats in what Singapore calls [...]
Posted in Airlines, Travel Woes, tagged Ridiculous, Singapore, Tiger on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tiger Airways, the largest low-cost airline based in Singapore, has come under fire for its discriminatory policies against handicapped passengers.
Last month, a group of four deaf adults were not allowed to fly because according to airline’s policy, they are supposed to fly with a care provider who can hear. The group have lodged a [...]
Posted in Video, landing video, tagged 747, Singapore, Zurich on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Facts about the Video -
Singapore Airlines‘ Boeing 747
Landing at Zürich Airport
Watch out for how the 747 wings move with the cross winds
I wonder if an airplane of this size is swayed like this, what will happen to this aircraft
