Singapore Airlines deploys Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners on high-density regional Asian routes

Most flights using this aircraft are short to medium-haul: about 93% of scheduled operations remain within Asia. The average flight length for these routes is approximately 1,688 nautical miles (3,126 kilometers), which is shorter than typical missions flown by other widebody types in the fleet.

In September, each Boeing 787-10 will average about 35 departures per day. This means roughly one out of every five Singapore Airlines passenger flights will be operated by a Dreamliner; among widebody departures specifically, that figure rises to nearly three out of ten.

Some routes see especially high frequency: Denpasar Bali gets six daily flights with the type; Bangkok Suvarnabhumi sees four daily; Osaka Kansai receives three daily; Adelaide has ten weekly flights (making it exclusively served by this model); and Perth shares service between the Dreamliner and A350. Other Asian cities such as Manila, Taipei, Beijing Capital and Daxing (from September), Chennai, Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Malé (until mid-month), Mumbai, Nagoya, Seoul Incheon, Shanghai Pudong, and Tokyo Narita have at least one daily departure with this aircraft.

A few destinations—including Chengdu Tianfu (through early September), Hanoi (starting mid-month), and Kathmandu (starting later in September)—will see less frequent service with sub-daily schedules.

Singapore Airlines configures its Dreamliners with fewer business class seats compared to its other widebodies except for economy-heavy configurations like those found on some competitors' fleets. Among current operators of the Boeing 787-10 worldwide—ten airlines in total—only EVA Air (342 seats), Saudia (357), Vietnam Airlines (367), and All Nippon Airways’ domestic version (429) have higher seat counts per aircraft.

Singapore Airlines was founded in 1972 and operates as a full-service carrier under IATA code SQ and ICAO code SIA from its main base at Singapore Changi Airport.