Singapore Airlines, known for providing comfortable and safe journeys, is the first airline to operate the world's largest passenger aircraft, the A380, mainly operating international routes, with a strong route network in Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Asia
Singapore Airlines (abbreviated as Singapore Airlines) is a Singapore airline and the country's national airline. Based at Changi Airport, Singapore Airlines operates mainly international routes, with a strong route network in Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Asia, and a portion of the Kangaroo market. In addition, Singapore Airlines also operates transpacific flights, including the world's longest non-stop flights operated by the A340-500, Singapore-New York and Singapore-Los Angeles. SIA was also the first airline to operate the world's largest passenger aircraft, the A380.
Since its founding more than 50 years ago, Singapore Airlines has earned the reputation of being a market leader in innovation, while providing excellent service and high-quality products. The Singapore Airlines brand is well known in the aviation industry, particularly in terms of safety, service quality and innovative style. Singapore Airlines has always been known as a comfortable and safe airline.
Singapore Airlines also has a number of aviation-related subsidiaries, including SilkAir, which is responsible for regional flights and flights with lower passenger capacity, and Singapore Airlines Cargo, which is responsible for Singapore Airlines' cargo business. SIA also has stakes in other airlines, such as Virgin Atlantic and low-cost carrier Tigerair Sunfon Airways, which owns 49%. SIA is the world's largest airline in terms of market capitalization, the world's top 15 airlines in terms of per kilometre revenue, the eighth largest airline in Asia, and the sixth largest airline in the world in terms of international passenger capacity.
Singapore Airlines was founded in 1947 as Mayair. On 2 April 1947, the first non-scheduled flight departed from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Kuala Lumpur. Scheduled flights from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang will commence on 1 May. In the 1940s and 50s, Mayair continued to expand its operations to include the introduction of passenger aircraft such as the DC-3, DC-4, Vickers Viscount, L-1049, Comet and Fokker F27. In 1963, Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak formed the Federation of Malaysia, which forced Air Malaya to change its name to Malaysia Airlines, which took over Air Borneo. In 1965, Singapore became independent and Malaysia Airlines changed its name to Malaya-Singapore Airlines. Malaya-Singapore Airlines expanded rapidly over the next few years with the first Boeing B707, followed by the Boeing 737. In 1972, the cooperation between Singapore and the Malaysian government broke down, which split Malaysia Airlines into two companies, Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines, and since then the two companies have grown separately.
At the end of 2006, Singapore Airlines unveiled a number of next-generation cockpit offerings, including the industry's widest First Class and Business Class seats with very flat beds, larger Economy Class seats and the enhanced KrisWorld inflight entertainment system with more than 1,000 entertainment options and a comprehensive suite of office applications.
