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Singapore Airlines Celebrates 45 Years Connecting New Zealand To The World
Monday, 3 May 2021, 3:01 pm | Singapore Airlines
On 2 May 1976 Singapore Airlines (SIA) launched its first service between Singapore and New Zealand, beginning what has become a 45-year strong connection between the two countries. Operating a Boeing 707 fan-jet via Sydney, Auckland joined the Singapore ... More >>
Singapore Airlines Starts Trials On Digital Verification Of Covid-19 Test Results And Vaccination Information
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 5:27 pm | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has started trials on a new digital health verification process, which will be the first in the world to be based on the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Travel Pass framework. This will offer customers ... More >>
Singapore Airlines Delivers First Shipment Of Covid-19 Vaccines To Singapore
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 3:57 pm | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines (SIA) delivered the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore yesterday evening on board one of its Boeing 747-400 freighters. This was also the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipment to be delivered to a country ... More >>
Singapore Airlines to operate Airbus A350-90 to Wellington
Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 8:41 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines today announced that from 1 November 2019, Wellington will be served by one of the world’s most technologically advanced aircraft in the sky, the Airbus A350-900. Singapore Airlines will become the first airline to operate ... More >>
Singapore Airlines to Boost Wellington Services
Friday, 19 July 2019, 10:02 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines today announced it will increase the number of services between Wellington and Singapore, via Melbourne, from 1 January 2020, subject to regulatory approval. More >>
Singapore Airlines Named ‘Best in Travel And Hotel Sector’
Thursday, 11 July 2019, 1:03 pm | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines has been named ‘Best in the Travel and Hotel Sector’ and placed second overall at last week’s second annual KPMG Customer Experience Excellence Awards in New Zealand. More >>
Kiwi travel trends revealed
Monday, 24 June 2019, 9:52 am | Singapore Airlines
Research conducted by Singapore Airlines[1] has delved into Kiwis’ travelling habits and found they love being catered to in the air, tend to travel to be with friends and families for major events like holidays and weddings, and are more likely to ... More >>
Singapore Airlines Named Tripadvisor’s ‘Best Airline'
Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 2:05 pm | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines has been named Best Airline in the World by renowned travel site TripAdvisor for the second consecutive year. More >>
Singapore Airlines Launches A350-900 Christchurch Service
Tuesday, 8 January 2019, 1:23 pm | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines’ today marked another chapter in its long history of operations to Christchurch, welcoming its Airbus A350-900 aircraft to the South Island capital, when SQ297 touched down at 10:06 local time after departing Singapore on 7th January ... More >>
SIA and Air NZ launch third daily flight to Singapore
Monday, 29 October 2018, 9:39 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Air New Zealand have officially entered a new chapter in their alliance partnership for the first time operating three daily flights between Auckland and Singapore. The departure of SQ282 from Auckland Airport at 0115 this ... More >>
Singapore Airlines Launches World’s Longest Flight
Saturday, 13 October 2018, 12:04 pm | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched the world’s longest commercial flight, between Singapore and New York. The first new non-stop flight between Singapore and New York departed Changi International Airport on 11 October 2018 at 2337hrs (SIN time) and ... More >>
Thrucool for Pharmaceutical And Healthcare Shipments
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 1:22 pm | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines (SIA) today announced the launch of THRUCOOL, a new service to transport high-value, time-sensitive and temperature-controlled pharmaceutical cargo with speed and reliability. More >>
A Highflyer Programme for Small And Medium Sized Enterprises
Friday, 11 August 2017, 10:20 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines has launched an all-new Singapore Airlines HighFlyer programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to get more mileage out of flights on company business. The new SME travel programme is designed to reward both businesses ... More >>
Singapore Airlines partners with Garage Project
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 11:07 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines partners with Garage Project to serve Hāpi Daze craft beer onboard flights out of New Zealand More >>
Additional summer services to Christchurch
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 9:56 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines today announced it will again provide supplementary services to and from Christchurch for the 2017/18 summer season. From 30 November 2017 through to 16 February 2018 Singapore Airlines will add an additional 30 flights into Christchurch ... More >>
CCS Approval of Joint Venture with Lufthansa Group
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 4:35 pm | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines welcomed the Competition Commission of Singapore’s (CCS) approval of its proposed joint venture with the Lufthansa Group. More >>
Singapore Airlines Takes Wellington Phoenix to Canberra
Friday, 4 November 2016, 10:39 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines will carry the Wellington Phoenix to their A-league match in Canberra against the Central Coast Mariners on 12 November. The Phoenix will travel on the airline’s recently launched ‘Capital Express’ service, which directly connects ... More >>
Singapore Airlines Receives Sixth A350
Monday, 17 October 2016, 11:49 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its sixth Airbus A350-900 – the 10,000th aircraft that Airbus has delivered. More >>
‘Capital Express’ Aspires to Reduce Aviation Footprint
Thursday, 13 October 2016, 1:30 pm | Singapore Airlines
13 October 2016 ‘Capital Express’ Aspires to Reduce Aviation Footprint The new ‘Capital Express’ service between Singapore, Canberra and Wellington has today been unveiled as the newest addition to the Asia South Pacific Initiative to Reduce ... More >>
Singapore Airlines celebrates 30 years in the Garden City
Friday, 7 October 2016, 11:48 am | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines is today celebrating the 30th anniversary of its inaugural flight to Christchurch, marking a longstanding commitment to New Zealand’s South Island. On Wednesday 8 October 1986, SQ388, a Boeing 747-200, touched down at Christchurch ... More >>