Summary
- Singapore Airlines has 23 Boeing 787-10s, each with 337 seats.
- Between August and December 2024, 21 destinations from Singapore Changi will see them, 19 in Asia.
- While Japan is the leading country market, Denpasar Bali is number one at the airport level.
Singapore Airlines only operates one Boeing 787 variant: the 787-10. It is one of 10 airlines that use the least popular Dreamliner variant. Unlike the smaller 787-8 and 787-9, it can carry the highest payload but has the shortest range because of its higher weight. The first 787-10 was delivered to Singapore Airlines in early 2018. The Star Alliance member remains the variant’s largest user more than six years later.
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Singapore Airlines’ 23 787-10s
The carrier’s first example (9V-SCA) arrived in March 2018 and entered commercial service from Singapore to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur the following month.
According to ch-aviation, Singapore Airlines’ most recent example (9V-SCY) arrived in Changi on June 20, 2024, its first delivery since December 2023. Flightradar24 shows that it started carrying passengers and freight on July 4, with Delhi as the first destination. The aircraft that will be delivered next (9V-SCQ) recently performed test flights in the US.
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Singapore Airlines’ 787s all have 337 seats. Only these carriers have more capacity: EVA Air (342 seats), Saudia (357), and Vietnam Airlines (367), together with All Nippon’s domestic configuration (429 seats).
Each of Singapore Airlines’ aircraft has the same layout: 36 fully flat business beds and 301 seats in economy. It is its second highest-capacity equipment after the Airbus A380. Unsurprisingly, the 787-10 has the fewest business seats in its entire fleet and, except for the Airbus A380, the most in economy. High density, less premium, and relatively short routes rule the 787-10’s network.
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Where they’re used
Based on OAG data as of July 31, Singapore Airlines’ 787-10s will be flown to 21 destinations from Changi between August and December 2024. Japan has the most flights, followed by Indonesia, Australia, China, and Thailand. The five countries account for nearly seven in 10 services (67%).
A whopping 19 of the 21 destinations are within Asia, which includes both Beijing airports. Asia has nearly nine in ten flights (87%). No wonder the 787-10’s average stage length is just 1,757 nautical miles (3,254 km), by far the shortest of Singapore Airlines’ other widebodies. Next is the A350-900 at 3,022 nautical miles (5,592 km).
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Focusing on August, Singapore Airlines’ 787s network is as follows. As always, it may vary at other times, so it is just a snapshot of that month’s activity.
- Denpasar Bali: five daily 787 departures
- Perth: twice daily until August 11, then four daily
- Osaka Kansai: three daily
- Bangkok Suvarnabhumi: three daily until August 11, then two (aircraft goes to Perth instead)
- Manila: double daily
- Taipei Taoyuan: double daily
- Seoul Incheon: double daily until August 11, then one (aircraft goes to Perth instead)
- Shanghai Pudong: daily, but double daily August 8-12
- Adelaide: daily
- Chennai: daily
- Colombo: daily
- Delhi: daily
- Dhaka: daily
- Fukuoka: daily
- Guangzhou: daily
- Ho Chi Minh City: daily
- Nagoya: daily
- Tokyo Narita: daily
As of July 31, the plan is for Beijing capital to see the type from September 1 (daily), followed by Beijing Daxing from November 11 (daily). Kathmandu has Monday and Thursday 787 flights in October and November.