Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) is Singapore’s national airline. It functions as a core airline at Singapore Changi Airport and has a powerful influence in Asia and “Kangaroo Route” markets. The company also operates trans-Pacific flights, consisting of two of the world’s longest non-stop commercial flights from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, California on the Airbus A340-500.

Singapore Airlines was the launch passenger of the "superjumbo" Airbus A380. SIA has expanded into airline-related businesses such as aircraft management and engineering. Its fully owned subsidiary company, SilkAir, handles local flights to some secondary cities with lesser capacity requirements. The Singapore Airlines Cargo manages and controls the cargo-hold capacity in Singapore Airlines’ passenger aircrafts.

Singapore Airlines Limited is the world's biggest carrier by market capitalisation.

This airline ranks among the top 15 carriers world wide in terms of revenue per passenger kilometre. It is also the 8th largest airline in Asia and ranked 6th in the world for international passengers carried.

Singapore Airlines was placed 17th in Fortune's World’s Most Admired Companies’ in 2007 rankings and has created a strong brand as a innovator in the aviation industry, mainly in terms of improvements, safety and service excellence, joined with consistent profitability. It has received several awards and is an industry bellwether for aircraft purchases.

Singapore Airlines has a high quality of standards and services it provides. In November of 2007 it claimed to be “The World’s Most Awarded Airline”. SIA was nominated first place in both premium and economy classes, and topped the poll for the website and services, comfort and supplies in all classes.