Welcome to our monthly #avgeek update, where we cover the latest movements and upcoming changes across the 120-strong fleet of Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft. In July we waved goodbye to three more A330s being returned to their respective leasing companies, as more brand new A350 aircraft joined the fleet.
Late July saw the return of 3-class Airbus A350s, with the delivery of 9V-SMV. A further four such aircraft will arrive over the next few months to support the new non-stop Seattle flight, plus a long-awaited switch to the A350 on the Istanbul route and no doubt some other equipment swap announcements to come.
We’ll begin with the usual fleet overview. There were 130 registered aircraft in the Singapore Airlines fleet as reported by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on 31st July 2019, plus an additional delivery since then.
Our monthly update looks at how the aircraft are distributed across the fleet, which are in active service and which are set for disposal.
Headline numbers
Here’s how the Singapore Airlines fleet totals look at 11th August 2019.
| CAAS Database: | 130 | ||
| For disposal: | -6 | ||
| Recent Deliveries: | +1 | ||
| In Service: | 125 | ||
| In maintenance, or delivered but yet to enter service: | -4 | ||
| Active: | 121 |
The official registered aircraft data in combination with analysis of actual flight movements over the last few weeks allows us to determine the actual ‘in service’ fleet of 125 planes at 11th August 2019, 121 of which are currently active.
Click here to see the official CAAS list of registered aircraft in Singapore at 31st July 2019.
Singapore Airlines Fleet at 11th August 2019
This table shows the Singapore Airlines fleet including how many of each aircraft type are legally registered (‘Registered’), available to the airline (‘In Service’) and currently operating revenue passenger flights (‘Active’).
| Type & Layout |
Registered | In Service | Active |
| A330-300 30 J (2009 RJ) 255 Y (2006 Y) (full details) |
17 | 13 | 13 |