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Dec 21, 2006 (newstodate): Singapore Airlines has placed orders for an extra nine Airbus A380 and six new options.
Airbus has also confirmed October 2007 as the delivery date for the carrier's first A380.
Under another contract Singapore Airlines also signed an agreement to lease nineteen new A330-300 as an interim solution to its capacity needs.
The carrier further placed orders for 11 A320 aircraft, plus nine further options, to be operated by the subsidiary Silk Air that currently has a fleet comprising five A319 and eight A320 aircraft, with two additional A320 Family aircraft from an order in 2002 still to join the fleet.
Airbus has also confirmed October 2007 as the delivery date for the carrier's first A380.
Under another contract Singapore Airlines also signed an agreement to lease nineteen new A330-300 as an interim solution to its capacity needs.
The carrier further placed orders for 11 A320 aircraft, plus nine further options, to be operated by the subsidiary Silk Air that currently has a fleet comprising five A319 and eight A320 aircraft, with two additional A320 Family aircraft from an order in 2002 still to join the fleet.