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• Singapore Airlines Q1 profit down 15.4pct

  - 2008-07-28

  SINGAPORE AFP — Singapore Airlines said Monday its net profit in the first quarter fell 15.4 percent compared with the same period last year as higher fuel costs cut into rising revenues. The airline reported a net profit of 359 million Singapore dollars (263 million US) for the three...

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• Singapore Airlines collects its fourth Airbus jet

  - 2008-04-26

  TOULOUSE AFP — Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus A380 plane, the world's biggest passenger jet, which left Toulouse, France, on Saturday, Airbus said. The aircraft, delivered "on time," will service the first commercial link between Singapore and Tokyo, and is due to start flying the...

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• Airbus superjumbo set for first commercial flight

  - 2007-10-24

  SINGAPORE AFP — After long delays and billions of dollars in cost overruns, the Airbus superjumbo -- the biggest airliner ever built -- was set to take to the skies Thursday for its first commercial flight. Excitement was building ahead of the scheduled 8:00 am (0000 GMT) take-off of...

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• Emirates waiting on its A380, sees A350 XWB as 'really good plane'

  - 2007-10-18

  CANNES AFP — Dubai carrier Emirates expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A380 superjumbo in August next year and hopes to have it in service the following month, airline president Tim Clark said Thursday. Clark said the A380, the first of 55 on order, "will fly almost...

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• Singapore's A380 'has no first class'

  - 2007-10-15

  TOULOUSE, France AFP — "There is no first class on this plane, sir. This is Suite Class," repeats the Singapore Airlines steward as she shows off the front of the plane to curious onlookers. All of the guides parroted the same line on Monday as the carrier unveiled what...

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• Airbus makes first delivery of A380 superjumbo

  - 2007-10-14

  TOULOUSE, France AFP — Airbus on Monday made the first delivery of its A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, handing it over to Singapore Airlines 18 months behind schedule but with both sides hailing a major advance in air travel. The 73-metre-long (239-feet) superjumbo was handed over in a...

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• Cathay, Air China scrap China Eastern bid

  - 2007-09-24

  HONG KONG AFP — Cathay Pacific and Air China's parent company abandoned an attempt to block Singapore Airlines from buying a stake in China Eastern that could prove to be a lucrative slice of the Chinese market. They announced they had given up their own bid for a piece...

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• Air China shares suspended in Hong Kong

  - 2007-09-23

  HONG KONG AFP — Trading in Air China shares was suspended Monday amid speculation it will team up with Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific to block Singapore's bid to gain a foothold in the Chinese aviation market. Air China and Cathay Pacific are said to be trying to scupper a...

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• Branson wants full ownership of Virgin Atlantic: report

  - 2007-07-10

  LONDON AFP — Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson wants to buy back Singapore Airlines' 49-percent share of the carrier he founded in 1984, according to a newspaper interview published Tuesday. Branson, who holds 51 percent of the carrier, told London's City A.M. financial daily that he would consider...

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• China Eastern says no final deal with Singapore Airlines yet

  - 2007-05-30

  SHANGHAI AFP — China Eastern Airlines said Thursday it was still in talks to bring in strategic investors, among them Singapore Airlines, but no final agreement had been signed so far. "Details regarding the introduction of strategic investors and the terms of a potential deal have not been finalised,"...

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