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Company Watch - Singapore Airlines

AirGuide Business, Feb 25, 2008

Feb 25, 2008

Airbus aims to talk to Singapore Airlines over the purchase of up to 15 additional A380 superjumbos and 20 A330 or A350 widebody planes, the European planemaker's chief salesman said on Thursday. Singapore Air has on order 19 A380 superjumbos, 20 of the A350, and 20 A330s, Leahy said. The carrier is Airbus's first customer for the A380 -- the world's largest passenger jet -- and took delivery of its first aircraft last October. Feb 21, 2008

Fuel pump problem forces airline to cancel Airbus A380 flight. A fuel pump defect forced Singapore Airlines to cancel an A380 flight. The airline detected the problem, the first major technical glitch with the plane, when the plane's engine was started before a flight from Singapore to Sydney. Feb 19, 2008

Singapore Airlines canceled an Airbus A380 flight to Sydney Monday night owing to a fuel pump defect, according to a statement provided to the Associated Press. A replacement pump did not solve the problem and a Boeing 747-400 was used on the flight as Singapore Air's other A380 was undergoing maintenance. "Airbus and our own engineers have dedicated teams to try to address these issues quickly, but last night's fuel pump defect took much longer to fix," SIA told AP. "The delay was most unfortunate because to date, the aircraft has been operating with very high reliability, the highest of any aircraft type to enter service. It is, of course, to be expected that technical issues will occur from time to time." Feb 20, 2008

Singapore Airlines canceled another Airbus A380 flight in January when one of the aircraft rolled off the tarmac following the failure of a truck that was pushing the plane. It was unclear whether the same aircraft was involved in the Monday incident. Feb 19, 2008

Singapore Airlines said on Monday that its offer to buy a stake in China Eastern Airlines was still valid, but said it had no plans to revise its existing bid for the mainland carrier. Singapore Airlines, the world's second-biggest airline by stock market value, saw its bid to increase exposure to the booming China market suffer a setback after shareholders of China Eastern last month rejected a deal to sell 24 percent of the firm for USD$920 million to Singapore Airlines and its parent, Singapore state investor Temasek. The bid had also met strong resistance from rival Air China. Feb 18, 2008

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