Singapore Airlines aiming to go transatlantic

Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 24/11/2007

A deal has been signed to allow Singapore Airlines to fly between Britain and the States, reports Phil Davies.

Singapore Airlines could soon be competing against British Airways and Virgin Atlantic on lucrative transatlantic routes from London after a new aviation agreement was signed this week.

A spokesman for Singapore Airlines hailed the deal, which gives unfettered access to London-United States routes to non-EU or US airlines for the first time, as "one of the most progressive air service agreements struck in years".