Singapore Airlines confirms with a cabin upgrade that they believe in the future of the Airbus A380 fleet. However, the number of machines is to be reduced to twelve. It is not yet clear when the super jumbos will be used commercially again.

The A380 with the registration 9V-SKQ was reactivated on Monday after nine months of standstill and flown out of Alice Springs, Australia. The four-jet engine first made a stopover in Sydney and is now being transferred to Singapore. The company confirmed that the new cabin will gradually be installed in all twelve remaining Airbus A380s. The work is to be carried out in Singapore.

Before the corona pandemic, eight of 19 super jumbos had already been converted accordingly. During the crisis it was decided that the sub-fleet would be reduced by seven copies. The conversion program is now being continued and it is the turn of those machines that do not yet have the new cab. Singapore Airlines regards the resumption of retrofitting as a “pause” that had to be taken, but emphasizes that all remaining A380s will receive the new cabin product.