Singapore Airlines now has 152 passenger aircraft, the largest in-service fleet since before the pandemic. Here’s our July 2026 update, covering four new 737 MAX deliveries, a pair of de-registrations, and the A350 still grounded after its January mishap.

SIA’s active passenger fleet is unchanged at 144 aircraft since our last update, though the number available to the airline has grown by four, to 152, with a handful more jets sitting in the hangar this time round.

That’s still a little short of pre-COVID levels, particularly when you consider that SilkAir has now been fully merged into the mainline operation.

Fleet totals

The following table summarises the Singapore Airlines passenger fleet totals as of 24th July 2026.

CAAS Register (8 Jul ’26):	153
Recently delivered:	+ 1
Registered (24 Jul ’26):	154
For disposal:	– 2
In Service:	152
In maintenance: Yet to enter service:	– 6 – 2
Active:	144

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 152 planes at 24th July 2026, 144 of which were recently active.

  Click here to see the official CAAS list of registered aircraft in Singapore at 8th July 2026.

SIA Passenger Fleet at 24th July 2026

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	34	34	32
A350-900 MH	24	24	23
A350-900 ULR	7	7	7
A380-800	12	12	11
737-8 MAX	25	25	23
777-300ER	24	22	20
787-10	28	28	28
Total	154	152	144

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:

• 2 Boeing 777-300ERs

This reflects an available fleet of 152 aircraft, plus future deliveries of Boeing 737-8 MAXs, Boeing 787-10s and Boeing 777-9s still on order.

Fun fact: Standing nose-to-tail, the full fleet of Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft would form a line nearly 10km long.

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 many carriers will plan such retirements.

The current in-service fleet boasts an average age of only 8.3 years as of 24th July 2026. Here’s how it looks by fleet.

Type	Average Age
A350-900 LH	7.7 years
A350-900 MH	6.5 years
A350-900 ULR	7.9 years
A380-800	12.5 years
737-8 MAX	4.8 years
777-300ER	16.2 years
787-10	5.6 years
All Types	8.3 years

For comparison, Qatar Airways’ fleet age averages around 10 years, while Emirates’ is over 11 years and Qantas is over 16 years.

The oldest passenger aircraft in the fleet is 9V-SWB, a Boeing 777-300ER, which is 19.7 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.

The first of 31 Boeing 777-9s SIA has on order now won’t arrive until 2027 at the earliest, by which time the 777-300ER fleet will have an average age of over 17 years and 9V-SWB may be pushing 21 years old.

The 777-300ERs, though, are only the first wave of SIA’s long-haul fleet replacement problem, which we looked at in detail earlier this week.

Four more MAXs delivered

Since our last fleet update in March 2026, Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of four new Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft, two of which are now in regular service.

Singapore Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX
Recent deliveries

Reg.	Delivery	Service Entry
9V-MBV	5 Apr 2026	30 Apr 2026 (SIN-HKT)
9V-MBW	23 May 2026	19 Jun 2026 (SIN-KTI)
9V-MBY	30 Jun 2026	Yet to enter service
9V-MBZ	18 Jul 2026	Yet to enter service

Only one more Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft is due to join the airline by the end of March 2027, with a further three then awaited to complete the airline’s 29-strong order for the type.

These deliveries completed the replacement of the carrier’s Boeing 737-800s some time ago, so fresh units now go towards fleet expansion rather than renewal.

One more A380 deregistered

It’s been a long time coming, but Singapore Airlines has finally deregistered 9V-SKF, the last of seven Airbus A380s withdrawn from service during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequently deemed surplus to requirements.

The aircraft has been parked in various positions at Changi Airport over the last few years, looking somewhat worse for wear.

This now leaves the airline with its final fleet of 12 Airbus A380s, though with the oldest seven already pushing 15-16 years of age we wouldn’t be surprised to see that batch replaced by Boeing 777-9s in the next four years or so, leaving the five newer models for mid-to-late 2030s replacement.

One more 777-300ER deregistered

For some time, Singapore Airlines has had three Boeing 777-300ERs in its registered fleet removed from service, with no planned return to operation.

These are 9V-SWD, 9V-SWF and 9V-SWN, with 9V-SWA earlier broken up for spare parts in California.

In the latest CAAS database, 9V-SWN has been formally deregistered from the airline.

This aircraft last flew a revenue service on 24th December 2021. It had been converted into a ‘preighter’ (seats in the cabin removed to carry freight on the main deck) during the COVID-19 pandemic, in November 2020, and never returned to passenger service.

This brings the airline’s registered 777-300ER fleet down to 24, with 22 in service (2 still stored – SWD and SWF).

Note that this is not the 777-300ER that is being removed from the operating fleet this year, which is one of the in-service aircraft, and which will bring the operating fleet down to 21 by 31st March 2027, ahead of the carrier’s first Boeing 777-9 deliveries.

One Airbus A350 still under repair

As we reported at our last update, SIA’s Airbus A350 Medium Haul aircraft 9V-SHW had an unfortunate incident while landing in Singapore from Manila as SQ917 on 24th January 2026, suffering a tail strike during a go-around that caused substantial damage to its rear section.

The aircraft has been undergoing assessment and repairs since then, and it’s not clear when it will return to service, but damage like this can easily involve months of hangar work.

An Air France Airbus A350 that suffered a similar tail strike during a go-around at Toronto in early 2024 was grounded for 10 months of repairs, so this aircraft could be set for a similar downtime.

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 23rd July 2026.

Airbus A350s

32 out of 34 SIA Airbus A350-900 Long Haul aircraft in the fleet were active as of July 2026, with two aircraft – 9V-SMO and 9V-SMQ – in maintenance, at Kuala Lumpur and Singapore respectively.

Aircraft	Age (years)	Last flew	Days ago
9V-SMA	10.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMB	10.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMC	10.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMD	10.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SME	10.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMF	9.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMG	9.7	17 Jul 26	6
9V-SMH	9.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMI	9.6	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMJ	9.6	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SMK	9.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SML	9.4	13 Jul 26	10
9V-SMM	9.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMN	9.3	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SMO	9.2	18 Jun 26	35
9V-SMP	9.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMQ	9.0	25 Jun 26	28
9V-SMR	8.9	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMS	8.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMT	8.6	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMU	8.5	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SMV	7.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMW	7.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMY	6.9	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SMZ	6.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SJA	6.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SJB	5.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SJC	4.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SJD	4.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SJE	5.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SJF	3.4	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SJG	3.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SJH	2.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SJI	1.8	22 Jul 26	1

All but one of the airline’s 24 Airbus A350-900 Medium Haul aircraft were also flying recently, with 9V-SHW in maintenance due to its recent landing mishap at Changi.

Aircraft	Age (years)	Last flew	Days ago
9V-SHA	7.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHB	7.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHC	7.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHD	7.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHE	7.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHF	7.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHG	7.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHH	7.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHI	7.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHJ	7.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHK	6.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHL	6.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHM	6.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHN	6.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHO	6.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHP	5.9	12 Jul 26	11
9V-SHQ	5.9	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHR	5.9	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHS	5.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHT	5.6	19 Jul 26	4
9V-SHU	5.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHV	5.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SHW	4.6	24 Jan 26	180
9V-SHY	4.4	23 Jul 26	0

All seven of the airline’s Airbus A350-900 ULR aircraft are currently in service.

Aircraft	Age (years)	Last flew	Days ago
9V-SGA	8.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SGB	7.9	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SGC	8.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SGD	7.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SGE	8.3	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SGF	7.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SGG	7.7	22 Jul 26	1

Airbus A380s

A total of 11 SIA Airbus A380s are currently in regular service, with only one aircraft – 9V-SKP – undergoing maintenance.

Aircraft	Age (years)	Last flew	Days ago
9V-SKM	15.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SKN	15.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SKP	15.1	9 May 26	75
9V-SKQ	14.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SKR	14.9	21 Jul 26	2
9V-SKS	14.6	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SKT	14.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SKU	9.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SKV	9.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SKW	8.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SKY	8.6	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SKZ	8.4	23 Jul 26	0

This is the highest tally of active A380s we’ve seen in some time, with our fleet updates over the last two years showing that typically only 9 or 10 of the type are active, due to maintenance requirements.

Boeing 737-8 MAX

23 of SIA’s 25 Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft are currently in regular service, with the two latest additions to the fleet – 9V-MBY and 9V-MBZ – yet to join the operating fleet.

Aircraft	Age (years)	Last flew	Days ago
9V-MBA	8.9	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBB	8.8	20 Jul 26	3
9V-MBC	8.6	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBD	8.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBE	8.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBF	7.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBG	7.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBH	7.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBI	7.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBJ	7.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBK	6.9	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBL	6.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBM	6.7	22 Jul 26	1
9V-MBN	6.6	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBO	4.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBP	3.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBQ	1.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBR	1.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBS	1.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBT	0.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBU	0.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBV	0.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBW	0.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-MBY	0.1	Yet to enter service
9V-MBZ	0.1	Yet to enter service

Boeing 777-300ERs

20 of SIA’s 24 registered Boeing 777-300ERs were active over the last two weeks, with 9V-SWH and 9V-SWW in maintenance.

Two aircraft are stored at Changi, and will not be entering service again: 9V-SWD and -SWF.

Aircraft	Age (years)	Last flew	Days ago
9V-SWB	19.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWD	19.6	19 Mar 20	2,317
9V-SWF	19.6	28 Sep 20	2,124
9V-SWG	19.6	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWH	19.4	18 Jun 26	35
9V-SWI	19.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWJ	19.4	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SWK	19.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWL	18.8	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SWM	18.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWO	18.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWP	18.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWQ	18.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWR	18.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWS	18.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWT	17.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWU	13.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWV	12.9	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SWW	12.4	8 Jul 26	15
9V-SWY	11.8	21 Jul 26	2
9V-SWZ	11.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SNA	11.5	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SNB	10.8	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SNC	10.7	23 Jul 26	0

Boeing 787-10s

All 28 of SIA’s Boeing 787-10s are currently active.

Aircraft	Age (years)	Last flew	Days ago
9V-SCA	8.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCB	8.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCC	8.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCD	8.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCE	8.2	21 Jul 26	2
9V-SCF	8.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCG	9.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCH	9.3	14 Jul 26	9
9V-SCI	7.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCJ	7.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCK	7.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCL	7.1	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCM	7.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCN	6.9	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCO	6.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCP	6.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCQ	5.5	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCR	5.4	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCS	3.3	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCT	3.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCU	3.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCV	2.7	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCW	2.6	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCY	2.2	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SCZ	2.0	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SDA	1.9	22 Jul 26	1
9V-SDB	0.6	23 Jul 26	0
9V-SDC	0.5	23 Jul 26	0

A350 cabin refits delayed

Since our last fleet update, Singapore Airlines has confirmed that its new First and Business Class cabins due to be retrofitted to all 41 of its Airbus A350 Long Haul and ULR aircraft have been pushed into a Q1 2027 launch.

That’s a delay of at least six months, which means refits of the Airbus A350 Long Haul jets will likely not begin until Q4 of 2026, to meet the new January – March 2027 launch target.

When the first aircraft does roll into the hangar, it always takes longer to refit – potentially two to three months, but then the schedule calls for each subsequent refit to take around five weeks on average, assuming each A350 goes in for the work one at a time.

Upcoming deliveries

Beyond one further Boeing 737-8 MAX delivery between now and late March 2027, SIA is not taking delivery of any new aircraft this financial year.

Brand new Boeing 777-9s are scheduled to arrive later in 2027, and the delivery timescale for the carrier’s final three Boeing 787-10s has not yet been disclosed.

Here’s how the latest Singapore Airlines outstanding orders for fleet modernisation and replacement looks, including for freighter aircraft.

Delivery of Boeing 777-9s, which the airline desperately needs to replace its ageing Boeing 777-300ERs, had already slipped to 2027, but it remains to be seen which month of the year that will actually happen.

The aircraft is set to win the accolade of “longest commercial aircraft certification programme in history” – it will surpass Concorde’s development timeline if it doesn’t operate a commercial passenger flight by 9th January 2027, which now seems all but certain.

And beyond that – a much bigger order?

Those outstanding orders cover the next few years. But what comes after them?

Singapore Airlines is reportedly in early talks with both Airbus and Boeing over at least 50 large widebody aircraft, either more Boeing 777Xs or the Airbus A350-1000, with options for dozens more attached.

The tables above are the best illustration of why that’s not the frivolous shopping spree it might sound like.

Add up the long-haul fleet and you get 75 aircraft: 34 Airbus A350-900 Long Hauls, 22 Boeing 777-300ERs, 12 Airbus A380s and seven A350-900 ULRs. Every one of them needs replacing between now and around 2040, and the airline currently has just 31 Boeing 777-9s on order to do it.

That’s a 44-aircraft shortfall before a single frame for growth. With widebody delivery slots already stretching well into the 2030s, a deal signed in 2026 or 2027 will only start arriving right as the A380 retirement wave begins – and SIA knows it.

What about Scoot?

Here’s how Scoot’s outstanding order book looks, as of July 2026.

This reflects a recent order for 11 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, split between 6 Airbus A320neos and 5 Airbus A321neos.

This will bring the low-cost carrier’s total A320neo family fleet to 44 in future.

Thanks to the gradual resolution of Pratt & Whitney engine issues, Scoot has returned two of its seven grounded Airbus neos to service since our last update, leaving five of the 25-strong neo fleet still parked, mainly in Kuala Lumpur.

As of July 2026, Singapore Airlines has 152 passenger aircraft in service, of which 144 were recently active. That’s four more available to the airline than at our last update in March, though with eight jets in the hangar or awaiting entry into service, the active tally is unchanged.

All of that growth came from the Boeing 737-8 MAX, with four new examples delivered since March. That well is close to running dry, though – only one more MAX is due before the end of March 2027, with a further three to follow after that, and SIA has confirmed no other aircraft will arrive this financial year.

All of which still leaves the ageing Boeing 777-300ER fleet as the airline’s biggest headache.

Despite four brand new aircraft joining since March, the average fleet age has still crept up from 8.2 to 8.3 years, with the 777-300ERs now averaging 16.2 years and 9V-SWB closing in on its 20th birthday.

Boeing 777-9 deliveries – which now, unbelievably, won’t happen until 2027 at the earliest – can’t come soon enough, and it’ll be next year’s delivery forecast before we find out whether the type finally makes the list for FY2027/28.

There was some housekeeping this month too, with 9V-SKF struck off the register to close the book on SIA’s ‘surplus’ A380s, and a Boeing 777-300ER deregistered after four and a half years parked at Changi.

The other point to watch is which Airbus A350 Long Haul will be first under the knife for the cabin retrofit programme, now expected to begin towards the end of this year following a six-month delay to the launch date.

(Cover Photo: Plane’s Portrait Aviation Media / Malcolm Lu)