Here’s our latest update for the Singapore Airlines fleet of passenger aircraft in September 2024, which since our last article has been bolstered by the arrival of three brand new aircraft, with a further three set to arrive over the next six months.
This will include new Boeing 737-8 MAX deliveries, plus the final Airbus A350 passenger aircraft to join the airline.
SIA’s active passenger fleet now stands at 134 aircraft, three more than our July 2024 update.
In total SIA is still around 20 aircraft short of its pre-COVID fleet, when you consider that SilkAir has now been fully merged into the mainline operation.
Here’s our deep-dive into the latest fleet situation.
Fleet totals
The following table summarises the Singapore Airlines passenger fleet totals as of 29th September 2024.
| CAAS Register (2 Sep ’24): | 149 |
| Recently delivered: | 3 |
| For disposal or recently scrapped: | -6 |
| In Service: | 146 |
| In maintenance: |
-11 |
| Yet to enter service: | -1 |
| Active: | 134 |
The official registered aircraft data in combination with confirmed 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 146 planes at 29th September 2024, 134 of which were recently active.
Click here to see the official CAAS list of registered aircraft in Singapore at 2nd September 2024.
SIA Passenger Fleet at 29th September 2024
The following 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 |
Registered | In Service | Active |
A350-900 LH |
33 | 33 | 32 |
| A350-900 MH |
24 |
24 | 22 |
| A350-900 ULR |
7 | 7 | 6 |
A380-800 |
13 | 12 | 9 |
737-800 |
7 |
6 | 6 |
737-8 MAX |
16 | 16 | 16 |
777-300ER |
26 | 22 | 21 |
787-10 |
26 | 26 | 22 |
| Total | 152 | 146 | 134 |
The following aircraft remain registered to the airline but will not be returning to the operating fleet, and are therefore excluded from the ‘In Service’ column:
- 1 Airbus A380
- 1 Boeing 737-800
- 4 Boeing 777-300ERs
This reflects an available fleet of 146 aircraft, plus future deliveries of Airbus A350s, Boeing 737-8 MAXs, Boeing 787-10s and Boeing 777-9s still on order.
Average fleet age
Singapore Airlines likes to maintain a young fleet, typically retaining its passenger aircraft until they are around 15 years old, a decade earlier than most carriers will plan such retirements.
The good news is that the current in-service fleet boasts an average age of only 7.4 years as of 29th September 2024. Here’s how it looks by fleet.
| Type |
Average Age |
| A350-900 LH | 6.1 years |
| A350-900 MH | 4.7 years |
| A350-900 ULR | 6.1 years |
| A380-800 | 10.7 years |
| 737-800 | 9.5 years |
| 737-8 MAX | 5.3 years |
| 777-300ER | 14.4 years |
| 787-10 | 4.2 years |
| All Types | 7.4 years |
The oldest passenger aircraft in the fleet is 9V-SWB, a Boeing 777-300ER, which is 17.9 years old.
The Boeing 777-300ER fleet will continue to be the ‘achilles heel’ for the airline in terms of fleet age, as these aircraft are retained much longer than originally intended, due to well-documented Boeing 777-9 delivery delays.
It seems likely that the first of 31 Boeing 777-9s SIA has on order won’t arrive until mid-2026 at the earliest, by which time the 777-300ER fleet will have an average age of over 16 years and 9V-SWB will be close to 20 years old.
Three new aircraft have been delivered
Since our last fleet update in March 2024, Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of three brand new wide-body aircraft, all Boeing 787-10s.
Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10
Recent deliveries
| Reg. | Delivery | Service Entry |
| 9V-SCZ | 12 Sep 2024 |
15 Sep 2024 (SQ934 SIN-DPS) |
| 9V-SDA | 25 Sep 2024 |
27 Sep 2024 (SQ946 SIN-DPS) |
| 9V-SCQ | 27 Sep 2024 |
Pending |
This brings the Boeing 787-10 fleet to 26 aircraft, the second-largest in the airline after the Airbus A350 Long Haul variant. Two of these new deliveries have now entered regular revenue service, with only 9V-SCQ yet to start passenger flights.
(Photo: Shutterstock)
One final Airbus A350 Long Haul delivery is due in Q4 2024, the last passenger A350 to join the carrier, while there are two Boeing 737-8 MAX deliveries still to come between now and the end of March 2025.
Another Boeing 777-300ER has been scrapped
Back in this year’s March fleet update, we reported on the sad news that SIA’s original Boeing 777-300ER (9V-SWA) had been scrapped for spare parts in the USA, after a proposed sale fell though, becoming the first of SIA’s 777-300ERs to be scrapped.
The same fate has now befallen another member of the fleet, with 9V-SWE parted out at Changi earlier this month.
(Photo: MainlyMiles via reader)
Three more Boeing 777-300ER aircraft remain stored at Changi, and will not be entering service again – 9V-SWD, -SWF and -SWN.
It remains to be seen whether these will also become your next pack of Tiger cans, or will be sold to other operators.
One Boeing 737-800 has left the fleet
For those who aren’t fans of Singapore Airlines’ inherited ex-SilkAir Boeing 737-800s, with recliner seats in Business Class, there’s finally light at the end of the tunnel this month, as we reported earlier this year.
That comes in the form of 9V-MGC leaving passenger service on 22nd September 2024, following a flight from Phuket.
The aircraft will be returned to its lessor, Standard Chartered, in due course.
Two further Boeing 737-800s, 9V-MGD and -MGE, will also be withdrawn and returned to their respective lessors this year, reducing the Boeing 737-800 fleet to four aircraft by 2025.
(Photo: Changi Airport Group)
In 2025, these remaining four aircraft will also bow out of SIA service, as new Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft are delivered, finally removing those unpopular recliner Business Class seats from the network.
Fleet activity by registration
Here’s a breakdown of the SIA fleet of passenger aircraft based on recent revenue flight activity, from an analysis conducted on 28th September 2024.
Airbus A350s
All of SIA’s 33 Airbus A350-900 Long Haul aircraft in the fleet were active as of July 2024, except 9V-SME which is in maintenance.
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| Aircraft | Age (years) | Last flew | Days ago |
| 9V-SMA | 8.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMB | 8.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMC | 8.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMD | 8.3 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-SME | 8.2 | 2 Sep 24 | 27 |
| 9V-SMF | 8.0 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMG | 7.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMH | 7.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMI | 7.8 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMJ | 7.8 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMK | 7.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SML | 7.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMM | 7.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMN | 7.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMO | 7.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMP | 7.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMQ | 7.2 | 25 Sep 24 | 4 |
| 9V-SMR | 7.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMS | 6.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMT | 6.8 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMU | 6.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMV | 5.3 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-SMW | 5.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMY | 5.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SMZ | 5.0 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SJA | 4.9 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-SJB | 3.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SJC | 2.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SJD | 2.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SJE | 3.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SJF | 1.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SJG | 1.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SJH | 0.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
‘Last flew’ dates relate to the aircraft’s most recent revenue flight.
All but two of the airline’s 24 Airbus A350-900 Medium Haul aircraft were also flying recently, with 9V-SHS and 9V-SHW in maintenance.
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| Aircraft | Age (years) | Last flew | Days ago |
| 9V-SHA | 5.8 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHB | 5.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHC | 5.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHD | 5.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHE | 5.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHF | 5.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHG | 5.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHH | 5.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHI | 5.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHJ | 5.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHK | 4.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHL | 4.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHM | 4.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHN | 4.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHO | 4.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHP | 4.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHQ | 4.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHR | 4.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHS | 4.0 | 13 Sep 24 | 16 |
| 9V-SHT | 3.8 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHU | 3.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHV | 3.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SHW | 2.8 | 17 Aug 24 | 43 |
| 9V-SHY | 2.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
‘Last flew’ dates relate to the aircraft’s most recent revenue flight.
Six of the airline’s seven Airbus A350-900 ULR aircraft are in service, with 9V-SGD now undergoing its maintenance check, which will also cycle through the remaining aircraft in the fleet progressively between now and January 2025, as reported here.
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| Aircraft | Age (years) | Last flew | Days ago |
| 9V-SGA | 6.2 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-SGB | 6.1 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-SGC | 6.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SGD | 6.0 | 19 Sep 24 | 10 |
| 9V-SGE | 6.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SGF | 5.9 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-SGG | 5.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
‘Last flew’ dates relate to the aircraft’s most recent revenue flight.
Airbus A380s
A total of nine SIA Airbus A380s are currently in regular service, with three aircraft – 9V-SKQ, 9V-SKS and 9V-SKY undergoing maintenance.
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| Aircraft | Age (years) | Last flew | Days ago |
| 9V-SKF | 16.6 | 24 Mar 20 | 1,650 |
| 9V-SKM | 14.0 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SKN | 13.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SKP | 13.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SKQ | 13.0 | 29 Mar 24 | 184 |
| 9V-SKR | 13.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SKS | 12.8 | 1 Sep 24 | 28 |
| 9V-SKT | 12.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SKU | 7.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SKV | 7.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SKW | 7.0 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SKY | 6.7 | 12 Jun 24 | 109 |
| 9V-SKZ | 6.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
‘Last flew’ dates relate to the aircraft’s most recent revenue flight.
9V-SKS is having its maintenance work conducted in Teruel, Spain, rather than at Changi, with 9V-SKT also recently returning from that facility following a recent hangar visit there.
9V-SKF is still parked at Changi awaiting its fate – sadly it will be broken up and used only for spare parts.
(Photo: MainlyMiles)
Boeing 737-800s
Six of the seven ex-SilkAir Boeing 737-800s that moved across to Singapore Airlines are in regular service, with 9V-MGC now undergoing preparations for return to lessor, following its withdrawal from the operating fleet.
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| Aircraft | Age (years) | Last flew | Days ago |
| 9V-MGC | 10.4 | 22 Sep 24 | 7 |
| 9V-MGD | 10.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MGE | 10.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MGK | 9.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MGL | 9.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MGM | 9.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MGN | 9.0 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
‘Last flew’ dates relate to the aircraft’s most recent revenue flight.
As we reported earlier this year, the relatively unpopular Boeing 737-800 fleet will continue to wind down significantly, and we can finally say goodbye to recliner Business Class seats on the network by the end of 2025.
Boeing 737-8 MAX
All 16 of SIA’s Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft are in regular service.
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| Aircraft | Age (years) | Last flew | Days ago |
| 9V-MBA | 7.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBB | 7.0 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-MBC | 6.8 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBD | 6.5 | 24 Sep 24 | 5 |
| 9V-MBE | 6.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBF | 5.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBG | 5.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBH | 5.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBI | 5.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBJ | 5.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBK | 5.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBL | 5.0 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBM | 4.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBN | 4.8 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBO | 2.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-MBP | 1.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
‘Last flew’ dates relate to the aircraft’s most recent revenue flight.
Boeing 777-300ERs
21 of SIA’s 26 registered Boeing 777-300ERs were active over the last two weeks, the highest total we’ve seen for this fleet in some time.
Three aircraft are stored at Changi, and will not be entering service again 9V-SWD, -SWF and -SWN, while 9V-SWE was recently scrapped, as mentioned above.
Additionally, one aircraft is in maintenance at Changi, – 9V-SWP.
(Photo: MainlyMiles)
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| Aircraft | Age (years) | Last flew | Days ago |
| 9V-SWB | 17.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWD | 17.8 | 19 Mar 20 | 1,655 |
| 9V-SWE | 17.8 | 1 Feb 21 | 1,336 |
| 9V-SWF | 17.8 | 28 Sep 20 | 1,462 |
| 9V-SWG | 17.8 | 26 Sep 24 | 3 |
| 9V-SWH | 17.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWI | 17.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWJ | 17.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWK | 17.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWL | 17.0 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWM | 16.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWN | 16.6 | 24 Dec 21 | 1,010 |
| 9V-SWO | 16.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWP | 16.5 | 3 Sep 24 | 26 |
| 9V-SWQ | 16.4 | 24 Sep 24 | 5 |
| 9V-SWR | 16.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWS | 16.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWT | 15.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWU | 11.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWV | 11.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWW | 10.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWY | 9.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SWZ | 9.7 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SNA | 9.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SNB | 9.0 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-SNC | 8.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
‘Last flew’ dates relate to the aircraft’s most recent revenue flight.
Boeing 787-10s
22 of SIA’s Boeing 787-10s are currently active, with three members of the fleet 9V-SCC, -SCF, and -SCH in maintenance.
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| Aircraft | Age (years) | Last flew | Days ago |
| 9V-SCA | 6.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCB | 6.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCC | 6.5 | 21 May 24 | 131 |
| 9V-SCD | 6.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCE | 6.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCF | 6.3 | 6 Aug 24 | 54 |
| 9V-SCG | 7.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCH | 7.5 | 22 Aug 24 | 38 |
| 9V-SCI | 5.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCJ | 5.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCK | 5.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCL | 5.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCM | 5.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCN | 5.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCO | 4.9 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCP | 4.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCQ | 3.7 | Yet to enter service | |
| 9V-SCR | 3.6 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCS | 1.5 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCT | 1.4 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCU | 1.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCV | 0.9 | 27 Sep 24 | 2 |
| 9V-SCW | 0.8 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCY | 0.3 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SCZ | 0.2 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
| 9V-SDA | 0.1 | 28 Sep 24 | 1 |
‘Last flew’ dates relate to the aircraft’s most recent revenue flight.
The latest addition to the fleet – 9V-SCQ – has yet to enter service with the carrier on regular passenger flights, though this should happen in the coming days.
Reader reports suggest that 9V-SCC is taped up in ‘storage mode’ with no engines installed at Changi, which is interesting if that’s the case.
Upcoming deliveries
Singapore Airlines will take delivery of two Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft and its final passenger Airbus A350, 9V-SJI, which is due in Q4 this year.
Here’s how the latest Singapore Airlines outstanding orders for fleet modernisation and replacement looks, including for freighter aircraft.
(Photo: Shutterstock)
Delivery of Boeing 777-9s, which will sport the airline’s latest Suites and Business Class products, plus all-new Premium Economy and Economy Class seats, has slipped to 2025 at the earliest.
Frankly 2026 looks like a more realistic prospect, now that SIA has been issued its initial line production slots, and certification delays continue to build, most recently stemming from an issue with engine thrust-links, which could push back deliveries further still.
What about Scoot?
Here’s how Scoot’s outstanding order book looks, as of September 2024.
The low-cost carrier brought its first pair of Embraer E190-E2 regional jets into service in May 2024, with services to Hat Yai, Krabi, Koh Samui, Miri, Kuantan and Sibu now on the roster.
(Photo: Plane’s Portrait Aviation Media / Malcolm Lu)
The type will also start flying between Changi and Malacca from late October, as we recently reported.
It will be interesting to see where Scoot deploys its remaining seven E190 jets, following three further deliveries this year, followed by the last four in 2025.
Summary
Singapore Airlines has 146 passenger aircraft in its fleet as of 29th September 2024, 134 of which are active.
New deliveries since our last update comprise a trio of Boeing 787-10s, all of which touched down at Changi this month.
On the flip side, one of the carrier’s withdrawn Boeing 777-300ERs has been parted out and scrapped at Changi, while the first of seven Boeing 737-800s has left service and is soon being returned to its lessor.
In the months ahead we can look forward to the final passenger Airbus A350 delivery for the airline, plus a pair of 737 MAX aircraft too.
Sadly the future flagship Boeing 777-9s won’t be arriving until 2026 at the earliest, with potential further delays now on the cards following a new production issue with the troubled type.
(Cover Photo: Shutterstock)
The part on SWM is not updated
Thanks – I thought I had removed that! Not really relevant anymore.
Now removed.
9V-SCQ debuts today. SQ402 from Singapore to Delhi.
Hi Andrew,
You mention that 9V-SWM has yet to re-enter service, but the table does indicate it last flew a commercial flight on the 28th of September.
Already updated – thanks!
Hi Andrew, I wonder if you know why SIA is not interested in the A350-1000?
SCC has been listed as an AOG aircraft, unknown when it will reenter service. It is currently parked at South West parking(near APD).
Thanks – is it with or without engines?
SCQ has finally flown its first commercial flight as SQ402 to Delhi. To think that its nearly 4 years old.