SIA in talks to develop new plane that can fly non-stop to US

Singapore

SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd (SIA) is impatient to restore non-stop flights to the US. The airline is in talks with Airbus Group SE and Boeing Co on developing a plane with new technology that would allow it to fly non-stop to the US profitably, SIA chief executive officer Goh Choon Phong said. In 2013, the carrier stopped the 19-hour trip from Singapore to New York, adding about five more hours to travel between the cities.

"We, of course, want it as soon as possible," Mr Goh said in an interview with Bloomberg Television's Haslinda Amin. "There isn't really a commercially viable aircraft that could fly non-stop."