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• Singapore Airlines to offer specially designed lunch boxes with children's meals

  - 2008-10-01

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Singapore Airlines has announced that it will be offering children's meals featuring lunch boxes decorated with Cartoon Network characters including the PowerPuff Girls and Ben 10. The special lunch boxes will be available on flights lasting a minimum of seven hours and...

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• ATW names Star Alliance winner of Market Leadership Award

  - 2008-02-04

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Star Alliance has been named by Air Transport World as the 2008 winner of its Market Leadership Award. The company said that this represents the first time that a leading monthly airline magazine has selected an airline alliance for the award. ...

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• Increase in share price for China Eastern

  - 2007-09-03

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An announcement on Monday (3 September) by China Eastern Airlines detailing an agreement to sell a combined 24% stake to Singapore Airlines and Temasek Holdings, Singapore's government investment arm, has led to an increase in the carrier's share price. According to The...

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• Australia attempts to appease Singapore over air route - report

  - 2006-02-22

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Australian government has said that its decision to deny access to the route between Sydney and Los Angeles to Singapore Airlines was purely a business decision. The comments were reportedly made in a bid to minimise a potential rift with Singapore....

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• Singapore voices disappointment at lack of open skies agreement with Australia

  - 2006-02-17

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Ong Kian Min, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Transport in Singapore, has reportedly stated that the Australian government is not committed to an open skies agreement between the two countries. According to The Associated Press, Ong said in a statement on...

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• Singapore Airlines reports lower than expected profit decline for Q3

  - 2006-02-03

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Singapore Airlines has reported a drop in Q3 profits that was lower than expected. The airline reported a net profit of SGD397m for its fiscal third quarter, a decrease of 15% compared to the same period in 2004. The result reportedly represents...

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• Singapore Airlines announces Q4 financial results

  - 2005-05-12

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Singapore Airlines has announced its fourth quarter financial results. Fourth-quarter net profit fell 38% to SGD297.8m, compared to SGD478m in the year-earlier fourth quarter. Full-year earnings for the year to 31 March increased 64% to SGD1.39bn from SGD849.3m in the previous year,...

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• Singapore Airlines introduces Internet seat selection

  - 2004-11-02

  INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Singapore Airlines has launched a new system which will allow almost all its passengers to ask for certain seats when checking in via the Internet. The airline said that passengers checking in on its website can pick a seat from an interactive...

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• Thai government's airport development plan receives criticism

  - 2003-01-09

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A plan by the Thailand government to permit Singapore Airlines to develop Chiang Mai International Airport has reportedly received disapproval from private airline operators. The government is planning to allow the carrier to develop the airport into a regional aviation hub, and...

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• Industry Briefs

  - 2002-10-31

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Singapore government has extended its third party war risk cover for Singapore Airlines. The government issued the extension - which will run until 30 April 2003 - due to the lack of commercial insurance currently available. The insurance...

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