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Qantas plummets in global rankings but shows signs of recovery

A prolonged post-pandemic recovery and staffing issues has seen Qantas drop in international airline rankings.

The New Daily

Qantas falls 12 places to 17th in list of world’s best airlines

The national carrier admits service was ‘not our best’ as Singapore claims top spot from Qatar

The Guardian - AU

Airlines bask in sky-high fares while airports stay stuck

Soaring ticket prices are lining the pockets of the world’s biggest airlines, providing balm to the economic wounds suffered during the travel lockdowns of Covid-19. But as the industry takes off, airports say they’ve been forgotten at the gate.

Bangkok Post

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The world’s best airlines in 2023

There’s a new operator at the top of the rankings – with Britain’s flag carrier missing out on the top 15

The Independent UK

Fiji Airways set to open direct international flights between Canberra and Nadi airports

Canberrans will be able to fly directly to Fiji for the first time in almost 20 years, with details of the route to be unveiled on Friday.

ABC News

Woman accuses Singapore Airlines of discriminating against her for being amputee

‘I was really upset and hurt and felt like I was being vilified for my disability in front of all of these people’

The Independent UK

Singapore Airlines called out for allegedly discriminating against student with disability

Student Isabella Beale, 23, is accusing the airline of discriminating against her for being an amputee on her flights to and from Europe.

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Airline introduces paper plates in premium class and passengers are absolutely livid

Singapore Airlines has received a lot of pushback from some of its customers after the company released service wear made of Forest Stewardship Council-certified paper

Daily Mirror

Singapore Airlines condemned for introducing ‘horrible and cheap-looking’ paper plates on flights

Customers threatened to take their business elsewhere as a result of the new trial

The Independent UK

Singapore Airlines' paper serviceware trial criticised as cheap

Singapore Airlines (SIA) said that it will consider feedback from customers before it comes to a decision on the use of paper serviceware on its medium- and long-haul flights.

Bangkok Post

'India was Singapore’s second largest source market for inbound travellers last year'

NEW DELHI: India emerged as Singapore’s second largest source market for inbound travellers last year. Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Thursday said Indians accounted for almost 6.9 lakh of the overall 63 lakh global visitor arrivals, with the biggest source market being neighbouring Indonesia.

The Times of India

Still more work to do at THAI

Thai Airways is in the spotlight once again, but for the wrong reasons. In what has now become a viral TikTok video, a user showed how cabin crew failed to collect meal trays from a seat as a flight from Singapore to Bangkok was about to land.

Bangkok Post

Barr takes case to feds for Qatar to abide by rules, return Canberra flights

Should Canberra share international flights with Adelaide?

The Canberra Times

Travel scams: Everything you need to watch out for

Simon Calder identifies the red flags to be aware of when booking a holiday – plus tricks used when scammers defraud the industry

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‘Economy. That’s OK. You will survive’: Singapore Airlines’ class signs spark jokes online

‘Who did this photoshoot?’, the social media poster asked

The Independent UK

Two corgis get to fly business class

The dogs’ owner has shared tips for others wanting to travel with their pets

The Independent UK

India's Tata Sons to merge Air India with Vistara airlines

India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, Tata Sons, will merge its Air India with Vistara, a carrier it jointly runs with Singapore Airlines, in a major step toward revamping the country’s debt-laden national carrier

The Times of India

Tatas & Singapore Airlines agree to merge Vistara into Air India by March 2024; 25.1% stake for SIA in 'new AI'

NEW DELHI: Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA) on Tuesday announced that they will merge Vistara into Air India, with a target to complete the process by March 2024 subject to regulatory approvals.

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The Independent UK

‘Why you don’t give me f***ing water?’ Man filmed verbally abusing Singapore Airlines crew on flight

Social media users were horrified at ‘male Karen’s’ behaviour towards cabin crew

The Independent UK

Singapore Airlines is no longer ‘firing’ pregnant flight attendants

Previously pregnant flight attendants effectively had their contracts ended

Daily Mirror

Singapore Airlines ends controversial policy of sacking pregnant flight attendants

Singapore Airlines has reportedly ended a decades-long policy which saw flight attendants grounded without pay if they got pregnant, and then pushed out of the company upon the child's birth

The Canberra Times

Set-back for international flights to Canberra Airport

Direct flights to and from Canberra postponed until December.

The Independent UK

Fighter jets escort Singapore Airlines plane after man claims to have bomb in luggage

Suspect has been arrested under anti-terrorism and drug laws, police said

Reuters

Fighter jets escort Singapore Air plane over bomb hoax

Fighter jets escorted a Singapore Airlines plane to land at the city-state's international airport Changi on Wednesday after a passenger had made a bomb threat, Singapore authorities said.

Bangkok Post

Fighter jets scrambled after bomb threat on Singapore Airlines flight from San Francisco

A Singapore Airlines Ltd flight en-route from San Francisco was escorted by fighter jets after a passenger allegedly claimed there was a bomb in his carry-on bag and assaulted the crew, according to the police.

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