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India

‘It’s now a 2-player game’: India’s top airlines vie for each other’s customers

Market leader IndiGo is dipping its toe into business-class travel, as Air India completes its merger with Singapore Airlines-owned Vistara.

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Singapore’s flag carrier to debut first class seats for ultra-long-haul flights

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Singapore Airlines offers Hong Kong fliers tickets discounted by up to 60%

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Hong Kong society

Man, 71, hauled off flight at Hong Kong airport for ‘verbally abusing’ SIA crew

Singapore Airlines confirms passenger on board flight SQ897 was handed over to authorities at Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday.

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Singapore Airlines says the safety of customers and staff is always its top priority. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Singapore Airlines follows Cathay’s lead, acts on Airbus A350 safety concerns

Japan Airlines is also conducting checks on its A350 fleet, consulting Cathay following the Hong Kong carrier’s mid-flight engine issue.

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Japan

Smoke from Singapore Airlines plane forces runway closure at Japan airport

The flight, carrying 276 passengers and crew members, reported the incident to the airport after landing.

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Singapore Airlines warns competition, fuel costs to affect revenues, profits

The warning follows the company’s first results announcement since a London-Singapore flight ran into severe turbulence on May 20, causing dozens of injuries and a death.

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Singapore Airlines warned that a key revenue metric would remain under pressure this year. Photo: Reuters
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Singapore Airlines offers SQ321 victims ‘generous’ US$10,000 compensation

Passengers who suffered more serious injuries when the flight was hit by violent turbulence last month will be offered at least US$25,000.

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Rivals Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines to jointly source sustainable fuel

Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines, two of Asia’s top aviation firms, will jointly promote the use of sustainable aviation fuel.

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Turbulence horror: newlywed doctors on SQ321 describe treating fellow passengers

Despite their own injuries, they helped treat fellow passengers, including attempts to resuscitate a British man who died of a suspected heart attack

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Amos Chan with his wife Ade Tan. Photo: Amos Chan
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Rapid G-force changes on SQ321 flight likely caused injuries: report

The preliminary findings by a team of investigators looking into the incident showed the flight was normal before the turbulence event.

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The interior of Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Photo: Reuters
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34 Singapore Airlines passengers still in hospital 1 week after fatal turbulence

Most of the injuries sustained by passengers on Flight SQ321 from London to Singapore on May 21 involved the head or spine, and more than a dozen people needed surgery.

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Opinion | Singapore Airlines turbulence: how climate change has hit flight safety

Warmer air from increasing carbon emissions is changing wind speeds and likely contributing to severe turbulence. This is just one of the climate change challenges facing airlines, as global air travel recovers from the pandemic.

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Aircraft that operated turbulence-hit SQ321 returns to Singapore from Bangkok

The Singapore Airlines aircraft that operated turbulence-hit flight SQ321 returned to Singapore on Sunday, five days after it made an emergency landing in Bangkok.

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The Singapore Airlines aircraft that operated flight SQ321, which was hit by severe turbulence, returned to Singapore on Sunday. Photo: AP
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Halting meal service won’t cut turbulence risk for passengers: Cathay union

Paul Weatherilt, chairman of Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association, says stopping all airline meal service when seat belt sign turned on may not be most effective way to tackle turbulence risk.

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The interior of the Singapore Airlines flight that ran into severe turbulence. Photo: Reuters
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Singapore Airlines may face hefty payout pressure after turbulent SQ321 flight

Singapore Airlines is liable for up to US$170,000 per person, under a convention which governs aviation rights and compensation to passengers after an accident. However, there can be scope for larger damages.

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Singapore investigators analyse data recorders from turbulence-hit SQ321 flight

Flight tracking data shows the Boeing 777-300ER plunged 1,800 metres in just a few minutes, with passengers saying it happened, so suddenly there was no time for many to fasten their seat belts.

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SQ turbulence: should flights have a mandatory seatbelt rule at all times?

Experts say it is the personal responsibility of passengers to ensure they are strapped in, with an all-flight regulation difficult to enforce.

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The interior of Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, in Bangkok on May 21. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Boeing mishaps, Singapore Airlines turbulence spark flight safety jitters

US Google searches for aviation safety have hit the highest level in a decade following a string of headline-grabbing airline accidents this year.

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Singapore Airlines to stop serving meals when seat belt sign on, in wake of SQ321

The carrier is adopting a “more cautious approach” to managing turbulence in the wake of what happened on flight SQ321, which was hit by extreme turbulence and forced to divert to Bangkok. One person died and scores were injured.

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Some Singapore Airlines SQ321 flight passengers need spinal operations: hospital

Twenty people remained in intensive care and a 73-year-old British man died after the Boeing 777, which was flying from London to Singapore, suddenly descended sharply after hitting turbulence on Tuesday.

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A general view shows the exterior of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers on a turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight were being treated, in Bangkok. Photo: AFP
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Singapore Airlines turbulence: Hongkonger in Bangkok hospital intensive care

Samitivej Hospital in Bangkok says Hong Kong resident is one of 13 patients in intensive care at its Srinakarin branch.

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The Boeing 777 encountered severe turbulence over Myanmar on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Reuters
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‘Very freak’ incident: probe into Singapore Airlines SQ321 could last 9 months

Industry experts say the ‘very freak’ turbulence flight SQ321 encountered could have been jet stream, a fast-moving air current caused by large temperature differences.

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‘I thought the plane was going down’: Singapore Airlines flier recalls chaos

‘The seat belt light came on and almost immediately after the turbulence hit, I myself, followed by a large amount of others, were thrown in the air hitting the roof,’ the British tourist said.

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Passengers of turbulence-hit flight arrive in Singapore as US to help with probe

More than 140 passengers and crew on a relief flight from Bangkok landed in Singapore, while injured fliers and their families remained in the Thai capital.

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Passengers of the turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight greet family members upon arrival at Changi Airport in the city state on May 22. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong transport

Explainer | What is air turbulence and how can plane passengers protect themselves?

The Post talks to experts about different types of turbulence, how often flights are seriously affected and how passengers can protect themselves from harm.

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The interior of the Singapore Airlines flight that ran into severe turbulence. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

British man dead after Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence

“We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER. There were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board,” the airline said in a Facebook post.

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Singapore Airlines staff to get nearly 8 months of bonus after record profit

CEO Goh Choon Phong announced a profit-sharing bonus of 7.94 months for employees, including pilots.

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