Singapore Airlines Limited announced the promotion of Leslie Thng Kan Chung as Executive Vice President with effect from 1 July 2024. Working Experience: Mr. Thng is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Scoot. He joined Singapore Airlines in 1999 and served as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing at the Airline before his current role.

He was the CEO of Vistara, SIA's Indian joint venture with Tata Sons, from October 2017 to December 2021. Prior to that, he was Scoot's Chief Commercial Officer (May 2016 to October 2017), and Chief Executive of SIA's former regional carrier SilkAir (August 2012 to May 2016). He was appointed CEO of Scoot in June 2022.

The appointment is an executive position. Mr. Thng will remain as Chief Executive Officer of Scoot and be responsible for the overall management of Scoot.