Singapore Airlines (SIA) has unveiled plans to boost frequencies to destinations across East and South East
Asia, resume flights to Busan and increase Airbus A380 services
to Australia during the Northern Summer operating season (26 March
to 29 October 2023).
As a result, SIA’s flight
frequencies will reach or exceed pre-pandemic levels in multiple
destinations across East and South East Asia by March 2024, including Bangkok, Thailand; Busan and Seoul, South
Korea; Fukuoka, Nagoya and Osaka, Japan; Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Siem Reap, Cambodia; and
Taipei, Taiwan.
In addition,
Melbourne will get a new daily A380 service and Sydney will get a
second daily A380 service.
JoAnn Tan,
Senior Vice President Marketing Planning, Singapore Airlines,
said, “Looking ahead to 2023, we see stronger demand for
flights to destinations across South East Asia, parts of East
Asia, and Australia. As we restore our network to these regions
closer to pre pandemic levels, our customers have even more flight
options as they make their holiday plans.”
SIA
will reinstate flights to Busan from 2 June 2023, with SQ616
(Singapore to Busan) and SQ615 (Busan to Singapore) operating
four weekly services on Boeing 737-8 aircraft.
The airline will add a
fourth daily service between Singapore and Seoul, SQ612 and SQ611,
from 1 June 2023 with Boeing 787-10.
From 1 May 2023,
SIA will increase the flight frequencies of SQ618 (Singapore to
Osaka) and SQ619 (Osaka to Singapore) from four times weekly
to a daily service, bringing services to Osaka up to
14 times per week.
From 26 March 2023, the airline will operate
SQ892 and SQ893, a daily service between Singapore and Hong
Kong, using A380 aircraft. SIA will also reinstate SQ896
and SQ897, a daily service between Singapore and Hong Kong, with Airbus A350-900 from 1 October 2023. These
changes will see SIA operating four daily flights to Hong Kong.
Singapore’s national carrier will step up the
flight frequencies of SQ876 (Singapore to Taipei) and SQ877
(Taipei to Singapore) from four-times weekly to a daily service
from 26 March 2023. SQ878 and SQ879 between the two cities will
also increase from thrice weekly to a daily service from 31 May 2023, bringing the
total weekly services to Taipei up to 14 times per week.
SIA will add a fifth daily service,
SQ706 and SQ705, between Singapore and Bangkok, operated by
A350-900 aircraft, from 1 October 2023. From 26
March 2023, SIA will also add a fourth daily service, SQ726
and SQ725, between Singapore and Phuket, operated by Boeing 737-800NG.
Singapore Airlines’ very popular Airbus A380 will
return to Melbourne after almost four years on 16 May 2023, while
Sydney will receive a second daily A380 from 17 May 2023.
From 15 May 2023, SIA will operate
Boeing 777-300ER on SQ26 and SQ25, the daily
Singapore-Frankfurt-New York (JFK) service, instead of the Airbus
A380.
Customers will continue to enjoy two daily
non-stop services to New York – flights SQ24 and SQ23 between
Singapore and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, as
well as SQ22 and SQ21 between Singapore and New York’s Newark
Liberty International Airport.
Flights SQ36 and SQ35 between
Singapore and Los Angeles will operate thrice weekly, instead
of a daily service, from 26 March 2023. Customers will continue to
have the option of two existing daily flights to Los Angeles
via the non-stop service SQ38 and SQ37 between the two cities,
or flights SQ12 and SQ11, which serve the Singapore-Tokyo
(Narita)-Los Angeles route.
From 27 June 2023, the service
between Singapore and Seattle, SQ28 and SQ27, will remain a
thrice weekly service.
Flights SQ52 and SQ51 that serve the
Singapore-Manchester-Houston route will operate thrice weekly
instead of four times per week from 28 March 2023.
SIA will launch a
new twice weekly service between Singapore and Manchester, SQ302
and SQ301, operated by the A350-900 long-haul aircraft, from 2
April 2023.
Even with the above network adjustments,
Singapore Airlines will operate a higher seat capacity to the United
States of America compared to its pre-pandemic levels.
Tickets will be available for sale progressively through SIA’s
various distribution channels.
