News: Singapore Airlines keen to launch transatlantic flights
Flights > News > # 1592 (26/11/2007)
The Daily Telegraph has reported that Singapore Airlines is looking to offer flights between Britain and the United States.
Singapore Airlines could soon be competing against British Airways and Virgin Atlantic on lucrative transatlantic routes from London after a new aviation agreement was signed this week.
A spokesman for Singapore Airlines hailed the deal, which gives unfettered access to London-United States routes to non-EU or US airlines for the first time, as "one of the most progressive air service agreements struck in years".
But Singapore Airlines admitted that a shortage of take-off and landing slots at Heathrow has prevented the airline from setting a date for the start of transatlantic flights.
The signing of the "landmark" air services deal between Britain and Singapore also lifts restrictions on flights between the two countries, opening up the route to greater competition, according to the Transport Secretary, Ruth Kelly.
Singapore Airlines was the first to employ the giant double-decker Airbus A380, launching a service between Singapore and Sydney last month. It plans to start using the A380, dubbed the “Superjumbo”, on its London to Singapore flights from February.
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