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SIA should review its fuel hedging policy

<p>Row of Singapore Airlines planes parked in the airside of Changi Airport on Aug 26, 2020.</p> PHOTO: ST
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A scathing post by a Singapore Airlines (SIA) shareholder on the carrier's record in fuel hedging has been making its rounds.

Charting a performance over a 14-year period from 2007 to 2020, culled from the airline's own financial reports, Mr Lim Seng Hoo said SIA had lost more than it gained from hedging activities.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 26, 2020, with the headline SIA should review its fuel hedging policy. Subscribe