DALLAS — Singapore Airlines’ (SQ) low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot (TR) is expected to receive fourteen to sixteen new planes this year, allowing the LCC to expand its operations to four to six new destinations, aside from the previously announced routes to Vienna, Austria, and Iloilo City, Philippines.

Scoot's new aircraft delivery this year includes three wide-body Boeing 787 aircraft, seven to nine Airbus A320 family narrow-body aircraft, and four Embraer E190-E2 narrow-body aircraft.

Scoot’s fleet includes 5 112-seater Embraer E190-E2 aircraft, which were added to the airline in 2024. The introduction of the Embraer E190-E2 regional aircraft type allows TR to fly to nearby regional airports that are incapable of handling larger aircraft, such as Koh Samui, Thailand. It also enables the airline to fly to destinations that demand smaller aircraft.

Scoot is currently dealing with a global supply chain issue within the aviation industry, precisely manufacturing defects in the Pratt & Whitney engines, which saw the grounding of five of six TR’s Airbus A320neo aircraft due to engine-related issues. As a result, TR has to extend the leases of six Airbus A320ceo, the older sibling of the Airbus A320neo, to ensure minimal disruption to operations due to the grounding of the Airbus A320neo aircraft. TR has also recently taken delivery of its seventh Airbus A320neo aircraft, which is due to enter service soon.

Scoot CEO Mr Leslie Thng acknowledged the global supply chain issue, thus prolonging the time needed to replace spare parts and repair the engines, which in return has reduced the availability of aircraft. As such, flight delays are inevitable. However, TR has built resilience and mitigations to reduce disruptions to its overall operations, such as having additional standby aircraft to operate ferry flights to ferry stranded passengers in the event of flight delays or an unexpectedly longer aircraft repair time needed.

Mr Leslie Thng also covered the review of the Embraer E190-E2 aircraft. He mentioned that regional aircraft have assisted the airline in expanding its footprint in Southeast Asia, allowing the airline to deploy the relevant airliner correctly based on passenger demand and improving route economics. He also mentioned that the passenger load factor for the Embraer E190-E2 aircraft has been very consistently decisive, at more than 80%, and the airline is also reviewing if the Embraer E190-E2 aircraft could be used on new routes within the region and/or to enhance further the frequency of selected short-haul flights in the network.

The exact new destinations have not been finalized, and the airline is still working on the details. Still, with the delivery of the new aircraft, TR will be able to increase its frequency on its more popular routes, especially within the Southeast Asia region, where the airline is shifting the focus towards, having assigned 25% of its resources to the routes, instead of 20% the previous year.

Currently, TR has 22 narrow-body aircraft and three wide-body aircraft on order: 12 Airbus A320, 6 Airbus A321, 3 Boeing 787, and 4 Embraer E190-E2 aircraft.

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