Singapore Airlines

Flag-carrier airline of Singapore
Last updated:
January 5, 2026
Company details
HQ
Singapore
HEADCOUNT
10000+
ORG TYPE
Corporate
SECTOR
Travel & Hospitality
About the company
Singapore Airlines is Singapore’s flag carrier, operating long-haul and regional passenger services and a global cargo network. Singapore Airlines also runs and partners with aviation-adjacent businesses, including training through Singapore Flying College, and the wider group includes the low-cost carrier Scoot. The company’s roles span customer-facing work (cabin crew), flight operations (pilots), and large behind-the-scenes functions like airport operations, engineering-adjacent roles, and corporate teams. Singapore Airlines is publicly listed and majority owned by Temasek.
Locations and presence
Singapore Airlines is anchored in Singapore (Changi Airport and corporate locations) with international outstations supporting global operations. Many entry roles are Singapore-based and on-site by nature (flight crew, airport operations), while some corporate and specialist roles can vary by team and location.
Palpable Score
77.2
/ 100
Singapore Airlines provides unusually broad early-career access because Singapore Airlines hires into multiple first-career tracks that do not require prior airline experience, including cabin crew, cadet pilots, and ground professional roles. Singapore Airlines is clearer than many employers on hiring steps and testing for some pathways, and training is a major strength, but pay transparency and published early-career outcomes are limited.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

16.6
/ 20
  • The company offers multiple entry routes that are explicitly open to new joiners, including Cabin Crew, Cadet Pilots, and Ground Professionals.
  • Singapore Airlines runs student-focused pathways such as scholarships that include internships during academic terms and a Flying Internship Programme for polytechnic or ITE students targeting cabin crew.
  • The company advertises a broad spread of behind-the-scenes roles through the Ground Professionals channel, which expands access beyond “frontline only” early careers.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.4
/ 20
  • The company publishes a step-by-step hiring process for ground positions, including interviews, written tests (essay and precis), and psychometric assessments before final interviews and screening.
  • Singapore Airlines describes multi-stage selection for cadet pilots, including computer assessment tests, interviews, and medical checks, which sets expectations early.
  • The company does not consistently publish role-by-role timelines or feedback commitments across early-career pathways, which limits transparency for candidates trying to plan around offers.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

17.0
/ 20
  • The company provides a comprehensive four-month cabin crew training programme covering safety, product knowledge, and grooming, which is unusually concrete early-career onboarding.
  • Singapore Airlines runs a full cadet pilot training pathway through Singapore Flying College and overseas training, with additional training before operating as a First Officer.
  • The company ties scholarships and student routes to structured workplace learning through internships alongside Singapore Airlines professionals, rather than leaving development to informal shadowing.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

13.9
/ 20
  • The company pays trainees in at least some training phases, including a monthly allowance during cadet pilot training and a salaried structure once appointed as a First Officer.
  • Singapore Airlines uses profit-sharing style rewards in strong years, including publicly reported multi-month bonus payouts to staff tied to financial performance.
  • The company does not consistently publish pay ranges for early-career roles across pathways, so candidates often cannot benchmark pay fairness until late in the process.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

15.3
/ 20
  • The company links training pathways to defined role outcomes, such as cadet pilots progressing into First Officer roles after completing training and subsequent line training.
  • Singapore Airlines provides a clear early-career “formation period” outcome in cabin crew through the four-month training programme that prepares new joiners for operational readiness, but Singapore Airlines does not publish conversion or completion rates.
  • The company does not publish early-career retention, promotion timelines (for example, cabin crew progression), or cohort outcomes, which limits confidence in long-term outcome scoring beyond pathway design.

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