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019ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012
Operating Review
In our continual pursuit to offer a young
and modern fleet to our customers,
Singapore Airlines announced new
aircraft orders for 15 Airbus A330-300s
on operating leases and purchase of eight
Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
Fleet Management
The year in review saw the delivery of an additional five
Airbus A380-800 aircraft, bringing the total to 16, with three
more on order and a further six on option.
Another six Boeing 777-300s completed a cabin refresh
programme while four B777-300 and three B777-200
aircraft left the operating fleet. Two of these B777-200s were
transferred to new subsidiary Scoot.
Six B747-400s were progressively phased out during the
year as we bade a fond farewell to the “Queen of the Skies”
from our fleet.
In our continual pursuit to offer a young and modern fleet
to our customers, Singapore Airlines also announced new
aircraft orders for 15 Airbus A330-300s on operating leases
and purchase of eight Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. In addition
to the 20 Airbus A350-900s and 20 Boeing 787-9s on
order, our total firm aircraft orders stood at 66 aircraft as at
31 March 2012.
The Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft fleet, as at 31 March
2012, comprised 100 aircraft, with an average age of six
years and two months.
SIA Cargo’s fleet as at 31 March 2012 comprised 13 Boeing
747-400 freighters, with an average age of 11 years and
three months.
The fleet of SilkAir as at 31 March 2012 comprised 14 Airbus
A320s and six Airbus A319s, with an average age of six years
and three months.