As the first SIA aircraft are flown to long-term storage and the COVID-19 pandemic produces a skeleton flying network, this month we take a slightly different angle on our regular Singapore Airlines fleet update, focusing in detail on the latest trend across the industry – aircraft storage.
With five SIA aircraft types taken out of service altogether this month, including all Airbus A330s and Airbus A380s, the interesting fact is that among many other aircraft types the majority of aircraft are still flying.
We also take a look at why the airline is favouring planes with the biggest cargo holds in the current climate.
Headline numbers
Here are the Singapore Airlines passenger fleet totals at 19th April 2020.
| CAAS Database: | 130 | ||
| For disposal: | -3 | ||
| In Service: | 127 | ||
| In maintenance / stored: | -64 | ||
| Active: | 63 |
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 (available to the airline) of 127 planes at 19th April 2020, 63 of which are currently active.
Click here to see the official CAAS list of registered aircraft in Singapore at 31st March 2020.
Singapore Airlines Fleet at 19th April 2020
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 or cargo flights (‘Active’).
| Type |
Registered | In Service | Active |
| A330-300 |