Singapore Airlines says it will receive four Airbus A380 superjumbos as planned this year but could not rule out deferring future deliveries as passenger and cargo volumes drop.
SIA said that load figures, an industry measure of capacity usage, remain encouraging on the aircraft, the biggest airliner ever built.
SIA is the first airline to fly the double-decker A380 and it had placed orders for 19 of the planes, six of which are on option.
Six A380s have already been delivered and the four this year will raise its fleet to 10.
The giant plane can carry up to 853 passengers but SIA chose a set-up with a maximum of 471 seats to give passengers more space.
SIA, regarded as a bellwether for the industry, in Tuesday reported a huge drop in passenger numbers and cargo shipments for February.
--938Live
The only salvation for the SIA group now is to focus more on pax connections... Add more intra asia flights using the Silkair brand... Only then will pax be more willing to fly SQ.