Singapore Airlines Cargo
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| Founded | 2001 | |||
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| Hubs | Singapore Changi Airport Sharjah International Airport Brussels Airport |
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| Alliance | WOW Alliance | |||
| Fleet size | 12 | |||
| Destinations | 36 | |||
| Parent company | Singapore Airlines Limited | |||
| Headquarters | Singapore | |||
| Key people | Chew Choon Seng (CEO) | |||
| Website | http://www.siacargo.com | |||
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines and was formed in 2001. SIA Cargo is the world's third-largest cargo airline in terms of international freight tonne kilometres (FTK) [1]. It has a dedicated flight network spanning 36 cities in 18 countries,[2][3][4][5][6][7] managing an 8-billion-tonne-kilometre capacity through a fleet of 12 all-cargo aircraft and the cargo holds of 108 passenger aircraft operated by Singapore Airlines.[8]
The airline is part of the WOW Alliance, which also includes Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo Group, and JAL Cargo as members. The airline owns a 25% stake in Great Wall Airlines, a new cargo airline based in Shanghai.
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[edit] History
Singapore Airlines Cargo was incorporated in 1 July, 2001, taking over the air-freight operations of Singapore Airlines as a separate subsidiary. SIA Cargo leased the entire freighter fleet from Singapore Airlines, as well as taking over management of the cargo holds in all of Singapore Airlines' passenger aircraft. Within a few months, it entered an alliance with Lufthansa Cargo and SAS Cargo Group to form WOW Alliance on 1 October, 2001.[9]
Securerider, a premium product for secured shipments was launched on 7 January, 2002,[10] including services such as Swiftrider, Timerider and Coolrider targeting general shipments, heavy shipments, and temperature-sensitive cargo, respectively.
The airline garnered its first award as an all-cargo airline by winning the "Best Global Air Cargo Carrier" and "Best Air Cargo Carrier - Asia" at the Asian Freight Industry Awards (AFIA) in 2002, an award which parent company Singapore Airlines had already won eight times consecutively.[11] It was named as the "Best Airfreight Carrier" in the inaugural Hong Kong-based Asia Logistics Awards in the same year.[12]
New routes were introduced in the next few years as the airline began to take advantage of liberalised aviation agreements. A round-the-world service was introduced on 31 October, 2001, flying from Singapore to Hong Kong, Dallas, Chicago, Brussels, Sharjah, and back to Singapore on Wednesdays, and on the Singapore, Hong Kong, Dallas, Chicago, Brussels, Mumbai, Singapore route on Fridays.[13] It became the first third-country freighter airline to fly direct between China and the United States on 22 May, 2003 when flights commenced from Singapore to Xiamen, Nanjing and onwards to Chicago. Return flights are operated from Chicago and Los Angeles to Nanjing.[14]
[edit] Price-fixing
In December 2008, Singapore Airlines Cargo was alleged by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for price fixing cartels in the air cargo industry. The ACCC accused Singapore Airlines Cargo of fixing the price of a fuel surcharge and a security surcharge that was applied to air cargo to and from Australia. Singapore Airlines Cargo is the third airline to be the targeted for fuel surcharge price fixing.[15]
[edit] Destinations
Singapore Airlines Cargo operates dedicated cargo flights to 44 destinations in 21 countries, of which 30 are served by both Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft and SIA Cargo aircraft. The 14 destinations that have scheduled cargo service but do not receive service from Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft are: Anchorage, Atlanta, Bogotá, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Kuwait City, Leipzig, Macau, Nairobi, Quito, Sao Paulo, Sharjah, and Xiamen. Sharjah and Brussels are hubs for the Middle Eastern and European regions respectively.
Additionally, as SIA Cargo manages the cargo holds of all Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft, the company offers cargo product services to all destinations on the Singapore Airlines passenger network.
[edit] Fleet
When incorporated in 2001, all nine Singapore Airlines' Boeing 747 MegaArk freighters were transferred to the new cargo start-up at market value, and henceforth, all new freighter purchases were to be made from the new company's books. All cargo-hold spaces in the Singapore Airlines' passenger planes are also managed by the new company.
SIA Cargo currently operates 12 Boeing 747-400F MegaArk freighters. The Boeing 747-400 MegaArk freighter, with a 110-tonne payload and 8,245 km range, can carry more payloads further than any other commercial cargo aircraft, and feature typical capabilities such as front loading from the nose, temperature control and pressure-regulation systems. The average age of the freighter fleet was 6 years 5 months as at 31 March 2008 [16].
In addition, the company manages the cargo holds of 108 passenger aircraft operated by Singapore Airlines. These offer 9-23 tonnes of cargo capacity per plane depending on aircraft type.[8]
| Aircraft | Total |
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| Boeing 747-400F | 12 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Cargo Rankings 2006". Airline Business. November 2008.
- ^ "Cargo Quick Reference Timetable - South-East Asian" (PDF). http://www.siacargo.com/SEA.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Cargo Quick Reference Timetable - North American" (PDF). http://www.siacargo.com/USA.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Cargo Quick Reference Timetable - North Asian" (PDF). http://www.siacargo.com/NA.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Cargo Quick Reference Timetable - South-West Pacific" (PDF). http://www.siacargo.com/SWP.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Cargo Quick Reference Timetable - European" (PDF). http://www.siacargo.com/EUR.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Cargo Quick Reference Timetable - West Asian & African" (PDF). http://www.siacargo.com/WAA.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ a b "Singapore Airlines Cargo Fleet". Singapore Airlines Cargo. http://www.siacargo.com/fleetauld_fleet.asp.
- ^ Singapore Airlines Cargo (26 September 2001). "Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo and Singapore Airlines Cargo - Alliance Enters the Market". Press release. http://www.siacargo.com/news260901.asp. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Singapore Airlines Cargo (7 January 2002). "Singapore Airlines Cargo Launches Securerider". Press release. http://www.siacargo.com/news070102.asp. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Singapore Airlines Cargo (14 March 2002). "Singapore Airlines Cargo Wins Again At Asian Freight Industry Award". Press release. http://www.siacargo.com/news140302.asp. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Singapore Airlines Cargo (29 November 2002). "Singapore Airlines Cargo Wins Top Logistics Award". Press release. http://www.siacargo.com/news291102.asp. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Singapore Airlines Cargo (31 October 2001). "DFW Welcome Singapore Airlines Cargo". Press release. http://www.siacargo.com/news311001.asp. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Singapore Airlines Cargo (22 May 2003). "Singapore Airlines Cargo Commences Direct China-US services". Press release. http://www.siacargo.com/news220503.asp. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ^ Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (22 December 2008). "ACCC institutes proceedings against Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd for alleged price-fixing". Press release. http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/854765. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "Annual Report 07/08" (PDF). http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/docs/company_info/investor/financial/NewsReleaseFY0708.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
