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):
| 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 |
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| 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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