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SilkAir has delivered one of its six Boeing 737 MAX 8s to Alice Springs for storage as the global grounding of the type stretches into a seventh month. The 737 MAX 8 9V-MBA landed at Alice Springs a little after 1030 local time on Monday following its near six-hour journey from Singapore as MI 8880,
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SilkAir has started operating a daily schedule between Singapore and Darwin with an additional service now flying on Saturdays.
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Singapore Airlines’ regional carrier SilkAir has increased capacity on Singapore-Cairns by 40 per cent with the start of daily services on the route.
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Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong says approval from pilots, regulators and passengers is needed for SilkAir's Boeing 737 MAX 8s to resume operations.
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The possibility of bird strike being involved in the fatal Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash has been raised by the Wall Street Journal.
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Singapore Airlines posted a near halving of net profit in fiscal 2019 as higher fuel prices, overcapacity and operational challenges hit the bottom line.