Singapore Airlines extends most flight suspensions to June 30

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Singapore Airlines (SIA) has extends the flight suspensions and said it will cancel most of its flights until the end of June. The announcement comes just four days after it said it would extend its near-shutdown until the end of May.

About 96% of scheduled flights will be cancelled, and the airline will fly only to 15 cities in that period, it said in a statement on its website. They include six Southeast Asian cities, Tokyo, London and Los Angeles.

Out of Singapore Airlines Group’s fleet of approximately 200 aircraft, only about 10 are now in operation to serve a limited passenger network.

Singapore confirmed an additional 618 coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the city-state’s total to more than 12,600. A majority of the cases have occurred in dormitories that house foreign labourers.

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Singapore Airlines has had 15 staff test positive for coronavirus since last month, with nine fully recovered

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Manish Khandelwal
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