SIA Working with Retailers to Sell Products Made from Upcycled Parts of Retired Aircraft

(17 Dec 2021)  Fifteen Singapore-based retail brands will be among the first in the world to sell a wide range of unique products made from upcycled aircraft parts and materials, which have been sourced from retired Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft.

Fashion label Tocco Toscano began sales of pouches, wallets, and wristlet clutches made from life vests on 8 December 2021, via its own online and physical outlets, as well as on KrisShop.com.

From today, Supermama began workshops at their flagship store at the National Museum of Singapore for customers to customise their own tableware, using Singapore Airlines and aviation-inspired decals designed by Supermama. Sale of their upcycled retail collection of tableware will commence in January 2022.

Tocco Toscano Bifold Wallet made from upcycled SIA materials

They will be joined by ANS.EIN, ipse ipsa ipsum and Photo Phactory in January 2022.

Other brands including Beyond The Vines, Blithe & Merry, Bynd Artisan, Charles & Keith, Commune, [in]trigue, Protesta, Reckless Ericka, Roger&Sons, and Ying The Label will progressively launch their products lines in the months to come.

SIA's customers and aviation enthusiasts can look forward to a wide range of unique products made of upcycled aircraft materials. These include furniture made from Business Class seats, cabin windows, and overhead compartments, as well as fashion apparel and accessories made from life vests, linen sourced from aircraft cushion covers, bedsheets, blankets, and tableware redesigned from decommissioned service ware.

This collaboration between the retail brands and the airline is supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, and discussions are ongoing with more Singapore-based and international brands, which are keen to work with SIA on The Upcycling Project.

In the first quarter of 2022, the airline will also launch a Designed by Singapore Airlines collection that features an exclusive SIA range of unique upcycled products, including a collection of aviation tags made from retired aircraft fuselage, and bags made from life vests.

The airline is also collaborating with four prominent Singapore-based artists and sculptors, namely Baet Yeok Kuan, Kumari Nahappan, Sun Yu-Li, and Yeo Chee Kiong, to create unique retail art pieces from aircraft parts and materials such as aircraft slats, brackets, and fuselage.