Singapore Airlines - Fleet

Fleet

Singapore Airlines operates an all wide-body aircraft fleet from four aircraft families: Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A380, and Boeing 777. In keeping with its policy of maintaining a young fleet, it renews its fleet frequently. The Boeing customer code for Singapore Airline is −12, for example 777-312.

The airline formerly named its fleet according to aircraft type. The Boeing 747-400s were called "Megatop", the Boeing 777s were called "Jubilee" and the Airbus A340-500s were named "Leadership". Names for airliners previously flown by the airline include: "Superbus" for the eight Airbus A300s, "3Ten" for the 23 Airbus A310s, "Celestar" for the 17 Airbus A340-300s, "Super B" for the 23 Boeing 747-200s, and "Big Top" for the 14 Boeing 747-300s. Several of these names were pulled officially from the mid-2000s under then CEO Chew Choon Seng. No official name has since been accorded to the newer A380s which joined the fleet in 2007.

The last 747 was retired on 6 April 2012, with special return flights from Singapore to Hong Kong to commemorate the aircraft's retirement.

The Singapore Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2012):

Singapore Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Options Passengers Notes
R F C Y Total
Airbus A330-300 19 15 30 255 285
Airbus A340-500 5 100 100 To be phased out in the fourth quarter of the 2013 calendar year.
Airbus A350-900 40 20
TBA
EIS: 2014
Airbus A380-800 19 5 1 12 60 399 471
12 86 311 409
Boeing 777–200 19 38 228 266 Engines derated to non-ER standard.
12 42 234 288
30 293 323
Boeing 777–200ER 13 30 255 285
Boeing 777–300 8 8 50 226 284
18 49 265 332
Boeing 777-300ER 19 8 8 42 228 278
Total 102 68 21

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