Dhaka, April 28 -- Singapore Airlines (SIA) has withdrawn its Airbus A380 superjumbo from 11 routes, according to an analysis of Cirium Diio data spanning 19 years of operations. The carrier remains a significant A380 operator, with 12 of the double-deck wide-bodies, each configured with 471 seats across four cabins.

SIA was the launch customer for the A380, receiving its first example in October 2007. Since then, it has accumulated thousands of departures on numerous routes before gradually scaling back the type's network.

Tokyo Narita topped the list of dropped destinations with 3,923 departures, having been served between 2008 and 2020 and again in 2024 and 2025. Zurich followed with 3,649 departures between 2010 and 2020, reflecting...