AMID cheering from those on the plane and from those gathered at Singapore and Sydney airports, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, yesterday successfully completed its first commercial flight.

The world’s largest and most modern jetliner, the Airbus A380, arrived in its new Singapore home today ahead of a historic flight next week.

Singapore will hold a two-day exercise this week to test the city-state’s readiness for a flu pandemic.

SINGAPORE executed Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van early yesterday in a case that triggered an outcry in his country.

Singapore executed Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van early today in a case that triggered an outcry in his country.

Australia is considering taking Singapore to the International Court of Justice in a desperate bid to prevent the execution of a heroin trafficker on December 2, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.

A passenger forced open the door of a jet and leaped on to the runway tarmac just minutes before it was due to take off from Singapore’s Changi airport.

Qantas is to launch a new low-cost airline based in Singapore by the end of the year.

Tiger Airways, the Ryan family investment vehicle, is set to begin operations from Changi airport in Singapore in the second half of 2004, providing flights to destinations in South East Asia.

Scientists in Germany say an experimental drug for the common cold might also serve against SARS, while thousands of Chinese turn to the occult to ward off the disease as it enters China’s vulnerable countryside.

ERNIE ELS ignored the distractions of landing planes and ringing phones to justify his billing as pre-tournament favourite for the Caltex Masters.

Singapore’s Changi Airport said today it had bought a 50% stake in a British airport and development company Alterra Partners and is bidding for airports in Oman and Cyprus.