This month we learned that Singapore Airlines has managed to sell seven of its surplus Boeing 737-800 aircraft fairly quickly, with the jets now set to enjoy a new lease of life with Virgin Australia. The aircraft had been inherited by the mainline carrier following a merger with SilkAir earlier this year.
In other news some of the Airbus A350s have been enjoying some extra work for the military, with trips to Idaho, USA and Paya Lebar Air Force Base this month, in addition to their usual duties.
The penultimate Airbus A330 also looks set to make an imminent final departure.
Fleet totals
Here are the Singapore Airlines passenger fleet totals at 31st August 2021.
| CAAS Database: | 154 | ||
| Awaiting certification: For disposal: |
-6 -33 |
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| In Service: | 115 | ||
| In maintenance / stored: |
-24 |
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| Active: | 91 |
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 115 planes at 31st August 2021, 91 of which were recently active.
Click here to see the official CAAS list of registered aircraft in Singapore at 2nd August 2021.
SIA Passenger Fleet at 31st August 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 |