{"id":628027,"date":"2026-10-12T06:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628027\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T06:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:22:13","slug":"christchurch-cherries-3-3m-kg-flown-to-singapore-by-singapore-airlines-since-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628027\/","title":{"rendered":"Christchurch cherries: 3.3m kg flown to Singapore by Singapore Airlines since 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four decades later, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has carried more than 2.3 million customers on over 10,000 flights between Singapore and Christchurch.<\/p>\n
This key route has grown to include daily services, newer-generation aircraft and an expanded range of cabin products. <\/p>\n
Since 2022, 3.3 million kilograms of cherries, more than 3.6 million kilograms of lobsters and several shipments of meat, salmon, oysters, milk powder has flown from Christchurch to Singapore Airport.<\/p>\n
Alongside and lobsters, SIA also supports year-round shipments of meat, salmon, oysters, milk powder and other general cargo.<\/p>\n
Christchurch Airport chief executive Justin Watson said SIA has connected generations of travellers, supported tourism and become a \u201cgateway to the world\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly proud of the strength of the partnership we\u2019ve built with Singapore Airlines, and we look forward to seeing it continue to grow in the years ahead,\u201d Watson said. <\/p>\n
Christchurch Airport Chief Executive Justin Watson said Singapore Airlines has connected generations of travellers. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
Singapore Airlines general manager New Zealand, Wilson Yong, said Christchurch is an \u201cimportant part\u201d of the airline\u2019s New Zealand network.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis milestone is a celebration of our relationship with the people and communities of Canterbury,\u201d Yong said. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur commitment to Aotearoa is stronger than ever, bolstered by more than a decade of partnership with Air New Zealand. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur joint-venture offers travel and cargo customers greater choice and seamless connectivity across both airlines\u2019 global networks.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four decades later, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has carried more than 2.3 million customers on over 10,000 flights between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6450,80175,17622,2681,138,3595,159207,4487,75102,71,305,85846,174035,308254,3822,19332,4380,111,139,69,110551,53494,9621,13109,108089,7811,9739,61],"class_list":["post-628027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-6450","tag-33m","tag-airlines","tag-airport","tag-business","tag-by","tag-cherries","tag-christchurch","tag-flown","tag-from","tag-have","tag-kg","tag-kilograms","tag-lobsters","tag-meat","tag-milk","tag-millions","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-oysters","tag-powder","tag-salmon","tag-several","tag-shipments","tag-since","tag-singapore","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}