* * * * * SIA (Singapore Airlines Limited) is the flag carrier of Singapore that operates from its hub at Changi Airport . The SIA logo is a “bird,” inspired by a silver kris, a dagger from Southeast Asia prominently featured in the region's myth and folklore. The logo, or “bird,” is featured boldly on their aircraft’s tailfin in gold against a dark blue background. In future SIA will fly to 62 destinations, in 35 countries, on six continents. At this period, 1987, their fleet consisted of four B-757-212s, six Airbus A310-222s, ten Airbus A310-324s, seventeen B-747-212Bs (all passenger), two B-747-212Fs (Freighters – all cargo), and fifteen B-747-312s (a few of which are “Combies” – half passenger and half cargo...