SIA quits Penang-Singapore route after 30 years

Thestar.com.my, 16 Dec 2009
GEORGE TOWN: After three decades of serving the Penang-Singapore air route, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has finally called it a day.
SIA decided to terminate its flights between the two islands on Dec 1 with the emergence of several budget airlines on the route.
“The mushrooming of the budget airlines in this region had eroded the traditional airline market, like the Penang-Singapore sector,” an industry insider said.
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