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SilkAir poised to fly high with an all-Boeing fleet

Delivery of first 737-800 due early next month; new planes to add 8% more seat capacity

Nisha Ramchandani

Published Thu, Jan 9, 2014 · 10:00 PM

[SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines' (SIA) regional wing SilkAir, which takes delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 early next month, will expand capacity at a double-digit pace as its fleet is set to more than double by the end of this decade.

By that time, it will have transitioned to an all-Boeing fleet from its existing one of 24 planes comprising 18 Airbus A320s and six A319s with a current average age of six years and 10 months.

The new Boeing planes will add 8 per cent more seat capacity thro…

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