In April, Yale's faculty passed a resolution expressing "concern" over Singapore's "history of lack of respect for civil and political rights, " and a number of professors have spoken out against Yale operating in Singapore.

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Singapore itself is an accident of history in a dangerous part of the world.

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The region is littered with cities that have ravaged their history in the name of rapid economic progress, from Singapore to Bangkok, Hanoi and Shanghai.

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For the first time in the airline's history, business class saw higher percentages of seats filled than coach, said Singapore spokesman James Boyd, so the airline switched to a luxurious all-business-class configuration, with 100 lie-flat beds on a plane big enough to carry more than 300 passengers.

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