Fleet Management
The year in review saw the delivery of an additional three Airbus A380-800 aircraft and one Airbus A330-300 aircraft, and the completion of a cabin refresh programme for two Boeing 777-200ERs. One Boeing 747-400, one B777-300 and three B777-200 aircraft left the operating fleet.
In our continual pursuit to offer a young and modern fleet to our customers, Singapore Airlines has placed orders for another five A380-800 aircraft and 20 additional A350-900 aircraft. Excluding 20 Boeing 787s on firm order that will be transferred to Scoot to support its growth plans, Singapore Airlines’ total firm aircraft orders stood at 67 as at 31 March 2013.
The Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft fleet, as at 31 March 2013, comprised 101 aircraft with an average age of six years and eight months.
SIA Cargo’s fleet as at 31 March 2013 comprised 12 Boeing 747-400 freighters, with an average age of 11 years and eight months. The fleet of SilkAir as at 31 March 2013 comprised 16 Airbus A320-200s and six A319-100s, with an average age of six years and eight months. SilkAir also announced orders for 54 aircraft - 23 Boeing 737-800s and 31 Boeing 737 MAX 8s – on top of an existing firm order for two A320s. Deliveries of the new Boeing aircraft are due to begin in 2014 and continue to 2021, by which time SilkAir’s fleet will have more than doubled in size.