3 SIA jumbo jets towed from the Changi Airport to Changi Exhibition Centre to be scrapped

Three Singapore Airlines planes were towed on Monday night from Changi Airport to the Changi Exhibition Centre, where they will be stripped for parts in a process taking two months. The towing operation, lasting six hours, required road closures along Changi Coast Road and Aviation Park Road. SIA said on Tuesday that two Airbus A380s, with the aircraft registration numbers 9V-SKH and 9V-SKG, and a Boeing 777-200 aircraft with the registration number 9V-SQJ were moved during the operation. The airline's engineering arm, SIA Engineering, will dismantle the planes. This marks the first time that SIA will scrap aircraft locally. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the airline had a fleet of 19 A380s. It grounded the fleet around March last year as the Covid-19 outbreak rapidly worsened. Twelve of the planes were parked at Changi Airport and seven sent to long-term storage in Alice Springs.<br/>