Thursday, May 26, 2011

Singapore Airlines to start long-haul budget carrier...


Singapore Airlines (SIA) has said it plans to start a budget carrier flying across longer distances.

The new airline will start operating within a year, using wide-body aircraft to ferry passengers.

Other details, such as its name, planned routes and ticket prices, have not been revealed.

The budget carrier is expected to compete with long-haul, cut-price Asian airlines operated by Australia's Qantas and Malaysia's AirAsia.

"As we have observed on short-haul routes within Asia, low-fare airlines help stimulate demand for travel," Goh Choon Phong, chief executive of SIA, said in a statement. More...

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