Singapore Airlines for Singaporeans (not)?
Posted by jaronliu on October 17, 2007
I was on my way to work today and as usual, I took a free copy of “Metro” (like “Today” in Sg) just for the pictures, supermarket sales, and electronics adverts etc. Anyhow, the point is, I saw this news on Singapore Airlines with their all new Airbus 380 or something on the front page.
I had mixed feelings.
On one hand, I felt happy cos more people will know about Singapore (though they will never know where is it and how small is it).
However, reading this news reminds me of a question that my labmates asked me when I first arrived. They were asking me why I took Thai Airways and not my own national carrier (I’m not sure why they asked but perhaps they take Alitalia whenever they travel?). Seriously, Singapore Airlines should really consider giving special discounts/concessions to Singaporeans. This is my own thought and gut feeling – 70% of Singaporeans who fly had never taken Singapore Airlines before (pls leave a note if you know any real numbers).
Talking about Singaporeans, you guys must read mrbrown post on Who is a Singaporean?! Seriously, don’t you guys think that the Singapore citizenship is indeed Uniquely Singapore – e.g. serve NS while PR don’t have to, get the same tuition grant as PR/foreginers, $35,000 English lessons for PRC scholars while born-in-bred-in-Sgers have to slog for their own private tuition lessons. Tell me where else in the world can you get this kind of unique citizenship?
pkchukiss said
It’s strange, really. They keep saying that SIA is Singapore’s national carrier, and that we should bail it out if it ever runs into trouble, but you don’t see how SIA expresses its status as the national carrier. It’s a case of “screw the Singaporeans while you’re flying high, it is all Singaporeans’ duty to help you out during a crisis”.
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