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Old Jul 30, 2014, 12:14 am
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SQ319
 
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Originally Posted by UncleDude
It would be ironic if they renamed it

Mercury Straits Airlines

In 1971 when Malaysia Singapore Airlines was split between the 2 Countries

Singapore wanted to be named Mercury Singapore Airlines to retain what was then the better known profile initials MSA....

Malaysia objected and the Singapore Unit had to settle for Singapore Airlines...the Rest as they say is History

For BMI aficionados Mercury Airlines was also the small regional airline that Sir Michael Bishop started his aviation career at Manchester - Ringway in 1962

So glad that SQ didn't get the go ahead to name the airline Mercury Singapore Airlines then... :X
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