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Over the last two decades, SIA has grown from a
regional airline into one of the world's leading passenger and cargo
carriers.
Today, the SIA fleet is
the most modern of any of the world's major airlines. Our home base,
Changi Airport, is regularly voted the world's best, and serves as our
gateway to Asia and beyond.
Our History |
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| We have come a long way from our
humble origins as a small regional airline. Our story begins in May 1947,
when Malayan Airways first operated a twin-engined Airspeed Consul between
Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. Passenger demand grew and so did
the fledgling airline. By 1955 it had a fleet of Douglas DC-3s.
The creation of the
Federation of Malaysia in 1963 prompted two name changes; first to
Malaysian Airways and then, three years later, to Malaysia-Singapore
Airlines (MSA) in deference to the carrier's joint shareholders, the
governments of Malaysia and Singapore.
MSA ceased operations in October 1972 and two new
airlines, Malaysia Airline System (now called Malaysia Airlines) and
Singapore Airlines, were born.
At its launch, the new national flag carrier of
Singapore had a modest fleet comprising 10 aircraft, a staff of 6,000 and
a route network spanning 22 cities in 18 countries. It also had 25 years
of experience and boundless ambition. Singapore Airlines immediately began
to expand and modernise its fleet, setting standards of service that
others could only follow. Far-sighted planning, investment and product
innovation propelled its growing reputation and profitability. The little
airline from the small island state in Asia became big.
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| Today, SIA is internationally
recognised as one of the world's leading carriers. Our route network spans
over 90 cities in more than 40 countries, we fly the most modern fleet in
the industry and we are the world's largest operator of Boeing 747-400s,
which we call MEGATOPs.
But we never forget that
we owe our size and commercial success to our customers. Singapore
Airlines was the pioneer of inflight services such as free drinks and
complimentary headsets. With innovations like our revolutionary KrisWorld
interactive entertainment system, we are still setting the standards today
- standards which have made the name of Singapore Airlines synonymous with
impeccable service around the globe.
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