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14
Singapore Airlines Annual Report 05/06
During the year in review, leases for
each of the following aircraft were
extended:
The Airline traded-in an Airbus A310
in November and another in
December 2005. Both aircraft
were returned from lease.
In December 2005, the Airline sold
one B747-400, and two A310s.
The passenger fl eet of the Airline,
as at 31 March 2006, consisted of
90 aircraft, with an average age of
six years and four months. Included
among the 90 aircraft are 58 Boeing
777s. Singapore Airlines is still the
world’s largest operator of the B777
family.
The fl eet of Singapore Airlines Cargo,
as at 31 March 2006, comprised 16
B747-400 freighters, with an average
age of fi ve years and eight months.
The fl eet of SilkAir, as at 31 March
2006, comprised fi ve Airbus A319
and seven A320 aircraft, with an
average age of four years and three
months.
PROMOTING TRAVEL
AND TOURISM
As part of ongoing tourism recovery
efforts in the region following the
Asian tsunami in December 2004,
Singapore Airlines collaborated with
the Maldives Tourism Promotion
Board and the Sri Lanka Tourist
Board to sponsor familiarisation
trips for the media to the two
tsunami-affected countries. A similar
programme was initiated for Bali in
response to the Bali bomb blasts in
October 2005.
Singapore Airlines was awarded
the Pacifi c Asia Travel Association’s
Grand Award in the marketing
category for its tourism recovery
efforts.
In October 2005, the Airline signed
an A$12 million ($15.5m) three-year
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Tourism Australia to
jointly promote Australia as a major
In February 2006, fl ights to Pakistan
resumed with a three-times-weekly
B777 service to Karachi and Lahore.
In March 2006, the Airline extended
its network into the Russian
Federation for the fi rst time, with
the launch of a three-times-weekly
B777-200 service to Moscow, via
Dubai. Singapore Airlines now fl ies to
Europe 74 times weekly.
In the same month, a three-times-
weekly non-stop B777-200 service
was inaugurated to Abu Dhabi,
complementing the existing 10
weekly fl ights to Dubai. Singapore
Airlines is the only airline to fl y
between Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
As at March 2006, the Airline
operated 669 weekly fl ights to 62
cities in 34 countries.
FLEET DEVELOPMENT
During the year in review, the Airline
took delivery of a Boeing 777-300
while Singapore Airlines Cargo
received two new B747-400
freighters. SilkAir took delivery of
an Airbus A320 and an A319.
In July 2005, the Airline issued a
Request for Proposal to airframe
and engine manufacturers for new
aircraft. The Airline was still assessing
those proposals at the close of the
year in review.
During the year in review, leases for each of the following aircraft
were extended:
Lease Extension
Aircraft Type
Month Duration
B747-400F June 2005 December 2005 to June 2007
November 2005 September 2006 to September 2008
B747-400 December 2005 November 2005 to December 2006
December 2005 October 2006 to October 2007
March 2006 April 2006 to July 2008
OPERATING
REVIEW