Air safety officials have begun investigating why an engine failed on one of Australia's Qantas Airlines jumbo jets on Thursday, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Singapore.

航空安全官员开始调查澳大利亚航空公司一架巨型喷气式客机的引擎星期四失灵的原因，这次事故迫使该飞机在新加坡紧急迫降。

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But three of the world’s leading airlines by market capitalisation are from East or South-East Asia: Air China, Singapore Airlines and China Southern Airlines.

但世界上市价总值领先的三家航空公司却来自东亚或东南亚：中国航空公司，新加坡航空公司和中国南方航空股份有限公司。

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Singapore air is the first airline in the world to receive and operate the A380.

新航是全球首家使用A380的航空公司。

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Airbus says it is confident that there is enough interest the launch the A3XX, with four airlines (Air France, Emirates Air, Singapore Airlines, and leasing firm ILFC) already committed to firm orders and several others (believed to include Virgin Atlantic and Qantas) discussing terms.

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Singapore Air pioneered ultra-long nonstops when it began flying 18 hours from both Newark, N.

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Real-estate executive Gerald Giannini, another regular on Singapore Air, has his own routine.

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