Singapore Air dates back to 1947 when the company was known as Malayan Airways Limited, operating flights to cities in and around Singapore. But in 1971 Malayan Airways split into Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airline System, and the Singapore Airlines brand took off. Singapore Air now operates 101 pplanes that average six years and seven months and have 30more planes on oder. Like Emirates, Singapore Air now operates the airbus 380 (19 in operation) and the Boeing 777 ( 58 in operation ). The group operates 20 subsidiaries within the air travel industry, including SIA Cargo, SIA engineering Company, SilkAir, Scoot, and Tradewinds Tours and Travel. Both silkair and Scoot are airlines that compliment the service of singapore Air. Singapore Air predominantly servers Europe,Asia,and Australia, but it also flies to four cities in the United State and three africa.