Scoot

Is Scoot safe?

Yes. Scoot, Singapore Airlines' low-cost airline, has never had a fatal accident or written offHull lossAn accident in which an aircraft is destroyed or damaged beyond economic repair. People may or may not be hurt.More in the glossary an aircraft. Its regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), scored higher in its last ICAO audit than any country had before, and its fleet averaged five years and 10 months in March 2026. We score it 90, above its parent Singapore Airlines (85) and other Asian low-cost airlines such as Jetstar.

What keeps it below the mid-90s is a short list of recent events: a 787 that lost a nose wheel, a tail strikeTail strikeWhen the tail of an aircraft touches the runway during take-off or landing, usually because the nose was raised too far or too early.More in the glossary in Thailand and two turbulence encounters that hurt people.

How good is Singapore's oversight?

As good as it gets. In April 2022 ICAO audited CAAS with zero findings, giving Singapore 99.7% for effective implementationICAO USOAPICAO's audit of how well each country's aviation regulator oversees safety. The result is an "effective implementation" percentage.More in the glossary of its safety standards, against a world average of 67.5%. Singapore is in FAA Category 1FAA IASAThe US FAA's check of whether a country's aviation regulator meets ICAO standards. Category 1 means it does; Category 2 means it does not.More in the glossary. Scoot is an IATA member, which requires an IOSAIOSAThe IATA Operational Safety Audit, an international audit of an airline's safety management and operations. Every IATA member must pass it.More in the glossary audit every two years.

This matters more for a low-cost airline than for a flag carrier. Budget airlines fly more sectors a day with shorter turnarounds, and the regulator is the one checking that training, rest and maintenance keep up. Singapore's Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) also publishes full reports on Scoot events, including ones in which nobody was hurt, such as the 2023 nose-wheel loss.

What has gone wrong at Scoot?

Nothing has killed anyone, but four events matter:

• Seoul to Taipei, June 2023. A 787-9 lost its left nose wheel around take-off from Seoul-Incheon, where tyre debris was later found on a taxiway. It flew on to Taipei and landed normally; the missing wheel was found at the gate. Singapore's investigators (TSIB) found the inboard bearing had seized, overheated and fractured the axle. They could not establish why, and noted that visual bearing inspections depend on how well inspectors can see the inner surfaces. The damage counts it as an accident.
• Hat Yai, April 2023. An A320 landing in a gusty tailwind bounced, and the co-pilot kept pitching up through two "PITCH PITCH" warnings to 13 degrees, scraping the tail. Thailand's investigators named that pitch input as the cause.
• Near Guangzhou, September 2024. A 787-9 descending through 18,700 feet hit turbulence from a storm cell behind it, which its weather radar could not show. A passenger and a cabin crew member were seriously injured and nine crew slightly. The captain had left the seat-belt signs off because the route ahead looked clear.
• South China Sea, June 2025. Another TR100 to Guangzhou, a 787-8, met turbulence at 39,000 feet. It was reported as an accident, which suggests at least one person was seriously hurt. The final report is not yet out.

At Changi in February 2024 a Scoot 787 was cleared to land and touched down while a Korean Air 787 had not yet fully left the runway. Singapore's investigators found the controller should have cancelled Scoot's landing clearance; Scoot's crew did nothing wrong.

What does Scoot fly?

On 31 March 2026 Scoot flew 63 aircraft: 13 787-8s and 11 787-9s for longer and busier routes such as Seoul and Guangzhou, 12 A320neos, 12 A321neos and six older A320ceos for regional flights, and nine Embraer E190-E2s. The E2s, which Scoot was the first airline in Singapore to fly, serve smaller Southeast Asian cities. Twenty more A320neo-family jets were on firm order in May 2026.

Tips for flying Scoot

• Keep your belt on in the seat, even when the sign is off. Both of Scoot's injury flights were on the Singapore to Guangzhou route through convective weather, and in 2024 the sign was off when the turbulence hit.
• Power banks stay in your cabin bag and in sight. One caught fire on a Scoot A321neo in November 2025; cabin crew put it out.
• Read the seat-back card on the E190-E2. It is a smaller jet with a different exit layout from Scoot's Airbuses and 787s, and on short regional hops the briefing comes quickly.

How we scored it

Oversight (96) and the fleet (92) are among the strongest of any airline we rate. The accident record (92) is clean of deaths and hull lossesHull lossAn accident in which an aircraft is destroyed or damaged beyond economic repair. People may or may not be hurt.More in the glossary but includes the 2023 nose-wheel accident and turbulence injuries. Serious incidents (78) reflect the Hat Yai tail strikeTail strikeWhen the tail of an aircraft touches the runway during take-off or landing, usually because the nose was raised too far or too early.More in the glossary and the 2024 seat-belt decision, and environment scores 82 for a network of secondary regional airports. Overall 90.