Silver Kris inflight magazine, April 1983

Title
Silver Kris inflight magazine, April 1983
Year/Period
1983
Region
Singapore
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 29.0 x 21.0 cm,
Object size: 28.9 x 21.1 x 0.6 cm
Accession No.
2023-00616
Credit Line
Gift of Jimmy Chew

The inflight magazine of Singapore Airlines (SIA) was first launched in 1976 as Silver Kris. Covering current and future trends in air travel, as well as travel features and destination guides, the magazine also provided information about SIA's products and services, fleet, network, and airports served. An online version of the magazine was launched in 2010 and the magazine, presently stylised as SilverKris, has been fully digital since March 2020. This issue is part of a set donated by Mr Jimmy Chew, who worked as an SIA engineer from the 1960s until his retirement in 1998.The April 1983 issue of the magazine features the Boeing 747-300 ("BIG TOP") on its front cover page, as the latest addition to its fleet of aircraft.