Singapore Airlines is set to retire its remaining Boeing 737-800 aircraft. With the narrowbody fleet being replaced by the more modern Boeing 737 MAX 8, the final aircraft is expected to be retired from service in the coming week, bringing the operator’s experience with the type to a close.
The retirement of the last remaining aircraft (registered as 9V-MGN) will bring the curtain down on over a decade of operations. In total, the carrier has operated 16 examples of the type over the past ten years.
The original examples of the type were first delivered to Singapore Airlines’ former subsidiary Silk Air from as early as February 2014 and were later absorbed into the Singapore fleet when Silk Air was wound down and taken over by the parent airline in May 2021. With the single aircraft now the only remaining example, which is reaching 10.1 years old, the airline has decided that the time has come to withdraw this final aircraft from active service.
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