Singapore Airlines

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Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) (Chinese: 新加坡航空公司; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Hángkōng Gōngsī, abbreviated 新航; Malay: Syarikat Penerbangan Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் ஏர்லைன்ஸ்) (SGX: C6L) is the national airline of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Singapore Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets. The company also operates trans-Pacific flights, including 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.^[3][4]

Singapore Airlines was the launch customer of the "superjumbo" Airbus A380. SIA has diversified into airline-related businesses such as aircraft handling and engineering..

Its wholly-owned subsidiary, SilkAir, manages regional flights to secondary cities with smaller capacity requirements. Subsidiary Singapore Airlines Cargo operates SIA's dedicated freighter fleet, and manages the cargo-hold capacity in SIA's passenger aircraft. SIA has a 49% shareholding in Virgin Atlantic and has also responded to the threats posed by the low-cost sector by investing a 49% stake in Tiger Airways.

Singapore Airlines Limited is the world's largest carrier by market capitalisation.^{[citation needed]} It ranks amongst the top 15 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue passenger kilometres,^[5] is the 8th largest airline in Asia and ranked 6th in the world for international passengers carried.^[6]

Singapore Airlines was ranked 17th in Fortune's World’s Most Admired Companies rankings in 2007^[7] and has built up a strong brand name^[8] as a trendsetter^[9] in the aviation industry, particularly in terms of innovation, safety and service excellence,^[10] coupled with consistent profitability.^[11] It has won numerous awards^[12] and is an industry bellwether for aircraft purchases.^[13]