Singapore Airlines is swapping 14 Boeing 787-10s for 11 Boeing 777-9s. With this update, Singapore Airlines now has plans to have a total of 30 Boeing 787-10s (down from 44) and 31 Boeing 777-9s (up from 20).
Deliveries of these additional 11 Boeing 777-9s are planned for beyond FY25/26.
This gives SIA both a delay in new aircraft financing requirements and it gives them a replacement for the A380 and 777-300ER. Many will look on this agreement as an effective deferral and many Boeing investors might argue that this is no great gain, indeed the margin is likely to be lower for Boeing when all is said and done, but it does bring a confidence boost to the 777X program at a time when confidence is everything.