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14
OPERATING REVIEW
FLEET
A new aircraft for use on regional
and medium-haul routes joined
the Airline’s operating fl eet. Four
new Airbus A330-300s, the fi rst
of 19 being acquired on operating
leases, were delivered during the
year in review.
The A330-300 was introduced
onto the Singapore-Brisbane route
at the end of the year in review, but
will be progressively introduced to
Perth, Adelaide, Nagoya and Osaka
during the next fi nancial year.
Powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent
700 engines, the wide-body aircraft
is confi gured in a two-class layout,
with 30 new Business Class seats
and 255 Economy Class seats.
Three more Airbus A380 aircraft
were also delivered, allowing the
Airline to operate daily fl ights to
Tokyo as well as two fl ights a day
to London.
This is in addition to the daily
A380 fl ights to Sydney, which
commenced in October 2007.
In addition, fi ve new Boeing 777-
300ER aircraft were delivered.
These raised the number of
Boeing 777 aircraft in the
operating fl eet to 76, reaffi rming
Singapore Airlines’ position as the
world’s largest operator of the
B777 family.
Six Boeing 747-400s left the
operating fl eet during the year
in review. One was sold, while
ve were returned to lessors
as planned.
The Airline’s fi ve Airbus A340-
500s were reconfi gured from
a two-class confi guration to an
all-Business Class service for the
non-stop fl ights to Newark and
Los Angeles.
The passenger fl eet operated by
the Airline, as at 31 March 2009,
comprised 103 aircraft, with an
average age of six years and
two months.
The fl eet of Singapore Airlines
Cargo, as at 31 March 2009,
comprised 12 B747-400 freighters,
with an average age of eight years
and six months.
SilkAir’s fl eet, as at 31 March 2009,
comprised 10 Airbus A320s and six
Airbus A319s, with an average age
of fi ve years and 10 months.