Singapore Airlines is majority-owned by Singapore government investment and holding company Temasek Holdings which holds 56% of voting stock.[5]
The Singapore government, which holds a golden share via the Ministry of Finance, has regularly stressed its non-involvement in the management of the company, a point emphasised by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew when he declared that the aviation hub status of Singapore Changi Airport will be defended, even at the cost of SIA.[6] However, he was personally involved in defusing tensions between the company and its pilots,[7] warned the airline to cut costs,[8] and made public his advice to the airline to divest from its subsidiary companies.[9]
Singapore Airlines is headquartered at Airline House, by Changi Airport in the Changi area of Singapore.[10] Marie Bordet of Le Point said that the head office was "un tantinet décrépit" ("a little decrepit")