The carrier has 7 Boeing 747-400 freighters ready for the transportation of Covid vaccines, while its passenger aircraft fleet is also ready to be deployed to ramp up capacity.
Let alone schlepping to the airport and onto a parked plane for reheated food, there are people who can’t get enough of the aviation experience and are willing to shell out for it.
Pandemic-hit Singapore Airlines is trying novel ways to raise money, including using two A380 superjumbos parked at Changi Airport as temporary restaurants on 24 and 25 October.
A tour of the aircraft, parked at Changi Airport, will be available before lunch and customers will be able to watch the inflight entertainment channels during their meal.
Earlier this month, Singapore Airlines said it will cut about 4,300 jobs. The company had put staff on unpaid leave, and crew not flying stopped receiving flight allowances.
According to reports, the airline is planning flights that start and end at the same airport, and may offer staycations at Singapore's hotels, shopping vouchers & limousine rides.
Passenger traffic isn't expected to recover until 2024, which makes Singapore Airlines particularly vulnerable as it has no domestic market to fall back on.
A number of airlines, including Air India, British Airways, Lion Air and IndiGo have also suspended their flights as China struggles to contain the spread of the virus.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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