S'pore fast-tracks aviation reforms as competition builds

SINGAPORE: With three new budget airlines, plans for a low-cost airport terminal and the sacking of hundreds of workers, nothing, it seems, is being spared in Singapore's efforts to remain a force in the region's increasingly competitive aviation industry. 

Aviation analysts said the laying-off of nearly 400 people and the outsourcing of another 1,000 jobs last week by government-controlled Singapore Airlines and one of its subsidiaries reflected the sharp edge of the comprehensive restructure underway.