{"id":94608927,"date":"2011-05-25T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/singapore-airlines-to-create-spin-off-budget-carrier\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T10:48:00","slug":"singapore-airlines-to-create-spin-off-budget-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/singapore-airlines-to-create-spin-off-budget-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Airlines to Create Spin-Off Budget Carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>Singapore Airlines will soon launch a budget carrier <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSingapore Airlines (SIA) announced Wednesday that it will soon create a budget airline that will cater to cost-conscious travelers flying on medium and long-haul routes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhile the new airline will be wholly owned by Singapore Airlines, it will be operated and managed completely separate from SIA, according to the airline.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe proposed discount carrier will most likely compete with JetStar Airways, the budget unit of Australia&rsquo;s Qantas Airways.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMore details about the new airline&rsquo;s management team, branding style, and route network are expected to come in the near future. Singapore Airlines said it expects the new airline to be off the ground in about a year. &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source:&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702304520804576344980122998752.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Singapore Airlines will soon launch a budget carrier &nbsp; Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced Wednesday that it will soon create a budget airline that will cater to cost-conscious travelers flying on medium and long-haul routes. &nbsp; While the new airline will be wholly owned by Singapore Airlines, it will be operated and managed completely separate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}