Business Standard

Singapore Airlines' long-delayed flight to India finally ready for takeoff

Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong wants to pursue a multi-hub strategy as he expects India to be the third-largest aviation market after China and the US by the middle of the decade

Singapore Airlines had partnered with the Mumbai-based conglomerate Tata Group in the failed 2001 privatization of Air India Ltd. (Photo: Bloomberg)
Premium

Singapore Airlines had partnered with the Mumbai-based conglomerate Tata Group in the failed 2001 privatization of Air India Ltd. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg
Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s long-delayed flight to India may finally be ready for takeoff. 
 
As travel resumes and the carrier moves past the record annual loss it was reporting around this time last year, Chief Executive Officer Goh Choon Phong wants to pursue a multi-hub strategy, one in which airlines owned by it will benefit from aviation demand outside of Singapore. “India is obviously a very important one because it’s going to be massive,” Goh told Bloomberg News, adding that he expects Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong wants to

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in