Significant Event
January
Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand
announce a proposed alliance that
would enable SIA to fly the A380 to
Auckland for the first time and Air New
Zealand to return to the AucklandSingapore
route.
FEBRUARY
The Airline and Airbus sign a
Memorandum of Understanding to
establish a flight training joint venture
in Singapore called Airbus Asia Training
Centre. SIA to hold a 45 per cent equity
stake and Airbus 55 per cent.
MARCH
Singapore Airlines and Turkish Airlines
expand codeshare agreement to
include destinations beyond Istanbul
to Europe, Africa, Middle East and
North America and beyond Singapore
to destinations in South East Asia and
South West Pacific.
NOVEMBER
Increase in free checked-in baggage
allowance by 10kg for all cabin
classes introduced.
The Airline announces a codeshare
agreement with Ethiopian Airlines on
flights between Singapore and Addis
Ababa via Bangkok.
SIA to add third daily flight to Tokyo’s
Haneda Airport from March 2014,
increasing total number of flights to
the Japanese capital, including Narita
Airport, to five.
DECEMBER
The Airline integrates its website
bookings with Google Now to enable
customers to have easy access to travel
information such as flight status, traffic
and weather conditions at destination.