Over the last two decades, Singapore Airlines has grown from a regional airline into one of the world’s leading passenger and cargo carriers. Today, they have a modern and young fleet of aircraft. Their home base , Chan gi Airport, is regularly voted the world’s best, and serves as their gateway to Asia and beyond. They have come a long way from their humble origins as a small regional airline. Their story began in 1947, when Malayan Airways first operated a twin-engine Airspeed Consul between Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. Passenger demand grew and so did the fledging 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.