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Singapore Airlines presently operates the longest and second longest flights in the world, non-stop to New York–JFK and Newark respectively, using the Airbus A350-900ULR. Singapore to Newark was the world's longest flight from 2004-2013, and 2018-2021, when they started JFK to Singapore. [7]
Scoot is a low-cost airline based in Singapore, and is a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. It launched flights in 2012 and mainly operates on medium and long-haul routes. Following its merger with Tigerair in July 2017, Scoot has expanded its reach and now operates many of Tigerair's routes. The following destinations are served or planned: [1]
Before merging with Singapore Airlines, SilkAir was flying to three destinations at the end of April 2021. [1] As the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, it operated flights to Asia and Australia from its hub at Changi Airport. On 6 May 2021, the last SilkAir flight landed from Kathmandu. [2]
In 2007 Singapore Airlines welcomed [47] [48] the liberalisation of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route, previously restricted to Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines under rules designed to protect the state-run airlines from competition for over three decades, [49] [50] accounting for about 85% of the over 200 flight frequencies then ...
Singapore Airlines Flights 23 and 24 (SQ23/SIA23 and SQ24/SIA24, respectively) are the longest regularly scheduled non-stop flights in the world, operated by Singapore Airlines between Singapore Changi Airport and New York–JFK. [1] The route launched on 9 November 2020. [2]
The plane originally used for the Singapore–Newark route was an Airbus A340-500. It had 14 cabin crew and six flight deck officers, each working four-hour shifts. [10] The flight required 222,000 litres (49,000 imp gal; 59,000 US gal) of fuel, more than ten times the total weight of all the passengers and crew.
In addition to Qantas, by 2003, over 20 airlines operated routes connecting Australia and the UK, including British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and Turkish Airlines [5] with most involving a single transfer between flights at their respective hubs.
Red-eye flights to Australia operate from various locations in Southeast Asia and North America, such as Scoot's flights from Singapore to Gold Coast, Sydney, and Melbourne. Jetstar offers red-eye flights between Melbourne and Wellington with the flight departing Melbourne at 1 am and arriving in Wellington at 6 am.