JAPAN AIRLINES TO BE FIRST TO FLY BOEING'S DREAMLINER TO CHANGI
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The dogfight for business on the Singapore-Tokyo sector is set to intensify with Japan Airlines' (JAL) introduction of the Boeing 787 plane from October 14.
This will usher in the first passenger service at Changi Airport using the Dreamliner plane - which can seat up to 300 people - a year after it entered commercial service.
Industry watchers said other airlines plying the Tokyo-Singapore route, including Singapore Airlines (SIA), could lose some business.
Scoot, the new budget airline launched by SIA to grow its bottom line even as its premium travel business suffers from the euro zone crisis, high oil prices and rivalry from Middle East airlines, also plans to fly to Tokyo soon.
01/10/2012 : Karamjit Kaur / The Straits Times.
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