This month saw Singapore Airlines mark the start of a new era as far as its aircraft fleet is concerned, with the introduction of its first narrow-body (single-aisle) passenger aircraft in over 30 years. That came about as the first four of nine ex-SilkAir Boeing 737-800s entered service with the mainline division.
An additional Boeing 737 MAX aircraft also returned to Changi from Alice Springs, meaning half that fleet has now been brought home to undergo the long-awaited cabin refits, including flat-bed seats in Business Class.
Meanwhile the wide-body fleet renewal process continued, with a pair of Boeing 777-300s leaving, another A330 set for departure to pastures new, and a trio of brand new Airbus A350 Regionals looking primed for imminent delivery.
Fleet totals
Here are the Singapore Airlines passenger fleet totals at 28th March 2021.
| CAAS Database: | 134 | ||
| Recently deregistered: Recently delivered: For disposal: |
-1 +1 -24 |
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| In Service: | 110 | ||
| In maintenance / stored: |
-30 |
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| Active: | 80 |
The official registered aircraft data in combination with recent retirement announcements and analysis of actual flight movements over the last few weeks allows us to determine the actual ‘in service’ fleet (available to the airline) of 110 planes at 28th March 2021, 80 of which were recently active.
Click here to see the official CAAS list of registered aircraft in Singapore at 28th February 2021.
SIA Passenger Fleet at 28th March 2021
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 |
4 |
0 | 0 |
| A350-900 |