Singapore Airlines 2010 Annual Report Download - page 12

SINGAPORE AIRLINES
010
significant events
2009
April
• New SIA Mobile facility introduced, allowing
customers to check in for their flights using
their Singapore-registered mobile phones.
• Leading Chinese chef Zhu Jun becomes
the latest addition to the International
Culinary Panel.
• SilkAir joins Singapore Airlines in operating
flights to Penang.
May
• The Airline implements the ‘Shorter
Work Month’ scheme for all staff, after
consultation with the respective staff unions.
• Measures against Influenza A (H1N1) are
introduced to ensure the well-being of
customers as well as staff across the Group.
• The Airline proposes a dividend in specie
of its shareholding in Singapore Airport
Terminal Services (SATS) to its shareholders,
to focus on its core activities of airline and
aircraft MRO (maintenance, repair and
overhaul) businesses.
June
• The Airline starts daily Airbus A380
services to Paris, the fourth destination
served by the world’s largest commercial
passenger aircraft.
• Daily Airbus A330-300 services commence
between Singapore and Nagoya, Japan.
• The Airline expands its codeshare agreement
with EgyptAir, allowing Singapore Airlines to
offer daily flights to Cairo.
• SilkAir takes over flights between Singapore
and Hyderabad from Singapore Airlines.
July
• The Airline commences A380 services to
Hong Kong, making it the fifth destination
and second Asian city to receive the
superjumbo.
• A fourth daily service between Singapore
and Manila, Philippines is introduced.
• The new Singapore Airlines Service Centre
at ION Orchard opens.
• The Airline launches an aircraft cabin
renewal programme involving selected
Boeing 777 aircraft.
• PPS Connect, a Short Message Service
(SMS) contact service for Solitaire PPS Club
members, is introduced.
• The Airline and the Air Line Pilots Association
– Singapore (ALPA-S) ink an agreement
under which all pilots take one day of
leave without pay and a cut of 65% of one
day’s pay per month as part of the series
of measures to mitigate the cost of excess
manpower arising from the downturn.
• The Group records a S$307 million loss for
the first quarter of FY 2009-2010.
September
• Melbourne becomes the sixth destination
(and second Australian city) to which
the Airline operates scheduled A380
services.
• Singapore Airlines appoints Dr Helmut Panke
as an independent, non-executive director.
• The Airline and Airbus come to an
agreement on a revised delivery schedule
for eight A380 aircraft on firm order,
whereby deliveries will take place
between six and 12 months later than
originally planned.