Since Covid-19 started, I’ve learned to embrace spending long weekends in Singapore instead of being in a different part of the world. These breaks now feel more intentional, allowing me to rest up without feeling the urge to fill it with activities. That being said, I still miss the days of drafting Google docs, creating jam-packed itineraries, finding the most.
About 6,500 cabin crew, or eight in 10, are doing at least one flight a month. - ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Nine in 10 Singapore Airlines Group pilots and eight in 10 cabin crew are back in the skies, flying at least once a month.
This is a far cry from the hours they were clocking before Covid-19 brought the aviation sector to its knees, but the fact that many are back in their uniforms offers some hope things are slowly but surely recovering.
Analysts, however, stressed that the immediate future will remain gloomy.
In SIA Group s previous update on crew numbers last August, it said then it had more than 3,200 pilots and almost 11,000 cabin crew.
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Saudi Arabia to launch international airline to rival Emirates, Qatar Airways
SHARE Link A Saudia Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Saudia most flies domestic and point-to-point flights to and from Saudi Arabia. The new airline will use Riyadh as a transit hub for connecting flights.
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Saudi Arabia plans to target international transit passenger traffic with its new national airline, going head-to-head with Gulf giants Emirates and Qatar Airways and opening up a new front in simmering regional competition.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is pushing economic diversification to wean Saudi Arabia off oil revenues and create jobs, announced a transportation and logistics drive on Tuesday aimed at making the kingdom the fifth-biggest air transit hub.