page_title: Transport in Singapore
section_title: Airlines
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Singapore / Air transport / Airlines
caption_attribution_description: Boeing 787/8 of Scoot at Osaka Kansai-KIX, Japan, 17/09/16.
context_page_description: Transport within Singapore is mainly land-based. Many parts of Singapore, including islands such as Sentosa and Jurong Island are accessible by road. The other major form of transportation within Singapore is rail: the Mass Rapid Transit which runs the length and width of Singapore, and the Light Rail Transit which runs within a few neighbourhoods. The main island of Singapore is connected to the other islands by ferryboat services.
  There are two bridges which link Singapore to Malaysia – the Causeway, and the Second Link. The Singapore Changi Airport is a major aviation hub in Asia. Singapore is also nbotable for being one of the world's busiest transshipment ports.
  McKinsey’s Urban Transportation report rank Singapore's transport system world's best overall based on five criteria - availability, affordability, efficiency, convenience, sustainability. Singapore also has one of the most cost-efficient public transport networks in the world, according to a study by London consulting firm Credo. With the emergence of driverless vehicles, Singapore is now among the favourite locations for autonomous vehicles development testing location for the big players in the automotive industry.
context_section_description: There are six local scheduled service airlines, all of them operating from Singapore Changi Airport, offering scheduled flights to over 70 cities on six continents:
  Jetstar Asia Airways – founded 2004
  Scoot – founded 2011
  SilkAir – founded 1976
  Singapore Airlines – founded 1937 (as Malayan Airways)
  Tigerair – founded 2003 (merged with Scoot in 2017)
  Valuair – founded 2004 (merged with Jetstar Asia in 2005, brand retained for certain Jetstar Asia's services)
  The national flag carrier, Singapore Airlines, operates from Changi Airport Terminal 2 and 3. Its subsidiaries, SilkAir and Scoot, operate from Changi Airport Terminal 2.
  Singapore's budget airlines, Jetstar Asia Airways operates from Changi Airport Terminal 1.
  Singapore Seletar Airport has also been reopened to the public, with Firefly services operating out of Seletar Airport.
caption: Scoot is the low-cost carrier arm of Singapore Airlines.
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