SYDNEY: Singapore Airlines chief executive Chew Choon Seng said yesterday he was surprised politicians from the city-state and Australia were talking up prospects of a merger with Qantas but said consolidation in the airline industry was overdue.
Chew said he had not expected comments from Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Singapore Transport Minister Yeo Chow Tong last month canvassing the prospect of a merger between the fierce regional rivals.
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