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Singapore Airlines to retire Airbus A380s, Boeing 777s – Executive Traveller
Over a third of Singapore Airlines’ A380s are being put out to pasture as the carrier right-sizes its fleet for the Covid era.
Singapore Airlines will send 26 aircraft into retirement, including more than a third of its flagship Airbus A380s and all Boeing 777-300s, following a review of its network in light of Covid-19 and a crippling S$3.5 billion loss in the first half of its 2020-2021 financial year.
Facing not only a global downturn in travel but a raft of border closures including at Singapore itself, and with no domestic market to fall back on, the carrier has seen passenger numbers plummet by 98.9%.
With global…
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