Singapore Airlines and SilkAir have extended their existing published passenger flight schedules through to the end of August 2020. Although there are no new routes this time round, there are increased frequencies to some of the 27 cities on the combined network. In some cases, operating days of the week will also shift despite no overall frequency change.
SIA has also revived the first daily connections since introducing its skeleton schedule in April 2020, with flights to and from London operating seven times weekly from 1st August 2020.
Services to and from Kuala Lumpur are also daily at a ‘group level’, with a mixture of Singapore Airlines (Mon, Wed, Fri) and SilkAir (Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun) flights, beginning next month.
This isn’t the sort of increase we saw announced for July 2020, with a 75% hike in flights and 12 new cities added to the network, however Paris became a late addition to the July schedule and frequencies are being stepped up to both the French capital and four other cities in August, which is a positive sign.
Headline figures
In total SIA and SilkAir will fly 612 passenger flights in August 2020, a 19% increase on the 516 services being operated in July 2020.
“Singapore Airlines (SIA) and SilkAir have increased the frequency of selected services in their passenger network in July and August 2020. With this, the SIA Group airlines (SIA, SilkAir and Scoot) will operate approximately 6% and 7% of the original scheduled capacity in July and August 2020 respectively.“
Singapore Airlines, 10 July 2020
We’re not sure what Singapore Airlines means exactly when it mentions “approximately 6% and 7% of the original scheduled capacity” in its statement, however we can show the total operation based on originally planned flight volumes for August 2020:
- Singapore Airlines: 6.9% (93.1% reduction)
- SilkAir: 1.7% (98.3% reduction)
Note that capacity in the aviation industry is typically measured by Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs), not by flight volumes as we have done here.
SIA’s low-cost subsidiary Scoot recently cut its July schedule by around a fifth to 102 passenger flights, to 1.8% of normal levels. The airline has yet to announce its August 2020 flight schedule.
Singapore Airlines flights
Singapore Airlines will operate 548 passenger flights during August 2020, the highest level since schedules were slashed in late March.

Unfortunately due to the strict travel restrictions still in force around the world as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is still a far cry from anything close to normal, and certainly not the ‘V-shaped’ recovery predicted by some when the crisis first hit earlier this year.
Cities with increased service in August 2020:
- Amsterdam (2/wk > 3/wk)
- Frankfurt (3/wk > 5/wk)
- London (5/wk > 7/wk)
- Osaka (1/wk > 2/wk)
- Paris (2/wk > 3/wk)
Here’s a map of the 17 Asia-Pacific destinations being served by Singapore Airlines in July and August 2020.

In addition, a single US destination and seven European cities are being served, with London marking the first return of a daily service in August 2020.

Singapore Airlines will be operating the following passenger flights to and from 25 cities during July and August 2020.
Increased frequencies are highlighted in yellow |
All flights not listed below are cancelled during this period, or will operate as cargo-only services.
Adelaide |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ ADL SQ279 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 359R |
ADL ➔ SIN SQ278 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 359R |
Amsterdam (highlighted flights added in August) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ AMS SQ324 |
□ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
AMS ➔ SIN SQ323 |
■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Auckland |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ AKL SQ281 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359 |
AKL ➔ SIN SQ282 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 359 |
SIN ➔ AKL SQ285 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 359 |
AKL ➔ SIN SQ286 |
□ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Bangkok |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
BKK ➔ SIN SQ979 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | ■ | 787 |
Note: SQ976 SIN-BKK is a cargo-only service due to Thai government restrictions |
Barcelona |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ BCN SQ388 |
□ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | 359 |
BCN ➔ SIN SQ387 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Brisbane |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ BNE via SYD SQ288 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
BNE ➔ SIN SQ288 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
Note: Singapore – Brisbane flights operate via Sydney as SQ288 (the previous Canberra flight number), then operating direct back to Singapore. |
Christchurch |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ CHC SQ297 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 359 |
CHC ➔ SIN SQ298 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ |
□ | 359 |
Copenhagen |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ CPH SQ352 |
□ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | 359 |
CPH ➔ SIN SQ351 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Frankfurt (until 31 Jul) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ FRA SQ26 |
□ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
FRA ➔ SIN SQ25 |
■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Frankfurt (from 1 Aug) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ FRA SQ26 |
□ | ■ | □ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 359 |
FRA ➔ SIN SQ25 |
■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 359 |
Hanoi | ||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
HAN ➔ SIN SQ175 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359R |
Note: Singapore – Hanoi flights operate as cargo-only. Passengers are carried solely on the return service. |
Ho Chi Minh | ||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SGN ➔ SIN SQ177 |
□ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | 787 |
Note: Singapore – Ho Chi Minh flights operate as cargo-only. Passengers are carried solely on the return service. |
Hong Kong |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ HKG SQ890 |
□ | □ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 787 |
HKG ➔ SIN SQ891 |
□ | □ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 787 |
Jakarta (until 31 Jul) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ CGK SQ966 |
■ | □ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
CGK ➔ SIN SQ967 |
■ | □ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
Jakarta (from 1 Aug) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ CGK SQ966 |
■ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 359 |
CGK ➔ SIN SQ967 |
■ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 359 |
Kuala Lumpur | ||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ KUL SQ104 |
■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359 |
KUL ➔ SIN SQ105 |
■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359 |
London (highlighted flights added in August) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ LHR SQ322 |
■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 359 |
LHR ➔ SIN SQ317 |
■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 359 |
Los Angeles | ||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ LAX SQ38 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
LAX ➔ SIN SQ37 |
■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Manila (until 31 Jul) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ MNL SQ910 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359R |
MNL ➔ SIN SQ917 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359R |
Manila (from 1 Aug) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ MNL SQ910 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 359R |
MNL ➔ SIN SQ917 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 359R |
Melbourne (until 31 Jul) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ MEL SQ217 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359 |
MEL ➔ SIN SQ218 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 359 |
SIN ➔ MEL SQ237 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 359 |
MEL ➔ SIN SQ238 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Melbourne (from 1 Aug) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ MEL SQ217 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359 |
MEL ➔ SIN SQ218 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 359 |
SIN ➔ MEL SQ237 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
MEL ➔ SIN SQ238 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Osaka (highlighted flights added in August) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ KIX SQ622 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 787 |
KIX ➔ SIN SQ623 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 787 |
Paris (highlighted flights added in August) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ CDG SQ336 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
CDG ➔ SIN SQ335 |
■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
Shanghai | ||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ PVG SQ830 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 787 |
PVG ➔ SIN SQ833 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 787 |
Seoul (until 31 Jul) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ ICN SQ600 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359R |
ICN ➔ SIN SQ609 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359R |
Seoul (from 1 Aug) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ ICN SQ600 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 359R |
ICN ➔ SIN SQ609 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 359R |
Sydney (until 31 Jul) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ SYD SQ231 |
■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 359 |
SYD ➔ SIN SQ232 |
■ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | 359 |
SIN ➔ SYD SQ288 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359 |
SYD ➔ SIN via BNE SQ288 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | 359 |
Note: SQ288 Sydney to Singapore flights (the old Canberra flight number) operate via Brisbane on the journey back to Singapore. |
Sydney (from 1 Aug) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ SYD SQ231 |
■ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
SYD ➔ SIN SQ232 |
■ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
SIN ➔ SYD SQ288 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
SYD ➔ SIN via BNE SQ288 |
□ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
Note: SQ288 Sydney to Singapore flights (the old Canberra flight number) operate via Brisbane on the journey back to Singapore. |
Tokyo (until 31 Jul) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ NRT SQ638 |
□ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | ■ | 787 |
NRT ➔ SIN SQ637 |
□ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | ■ | 787 |
Tokyo (from 1 Aug) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ NRT SQ638 |
■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 787 |
NRT ➔ SIN SQ637 |
■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 787 |
Zurich | ||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ ZRH SQ346 |
□ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 359 |
ZRH ➔ SIN SQ345 |
■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | 359 |
As you can see Singapore Airlines is continuing to dedicate its passenger flights to two aircraft types through to the end of August – the Airbus A350 (3-class and Regional variants) and Boeing 787-10.
That means no more First Class or Suites cabins for the foreseeable future, with Airbus A380s, Boeing 777-300s and Boeing 777-300ERs all in storage either at Changi or in Alice Springs, Australia.
Note: Some aircraft types in GDS and at SingaporeAir.com still reflect their originally planned variants. This will be updated in the coming days.
SilkAir
SilkAir added Cebu, Kuala Lumpur and Medan flights to its roster in June and July 2020, however the Cebu services never went ahead and were cancelled, so the airline ended up with a network of three cities including its regular Chongqing flights.
This network continues in August 2020, with increased frequencies to and from Kuala Lumpur.


SilkAir will be running the following passenger flights to and from 3 cities during July and August 2020.
Cities with increased service in August 2020:
- Kuala Lumpur (2/wk > 4/wk)
New services or increased frequencies are highlighted in yellow |
All SilkAir flights not listed below are cancelled during this period.
Chongqing | ||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ CKG MI972 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 738 |
CKG ➔ SIN MI971 |
■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | □ | 738 |
Kuala Lumpur (highlighted flights added in August) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ KUL MI324 |
□ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | ■ | 738 |
KUL ➔ SIN MI323 |
□ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | ■ | 738 |
Medan (until 31 Jul) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ KNO MI234 |
□ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | 738 |
KNO ➔ SIN MI233 |
□ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | 738 |
Medan (from 1 Aug) |
||||||||
Days | Acft | |||||||
M | T | W | T | F | S | S | ||
SIN ➔ KNO MI234 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 738 |
KNO ➔ SIN MI233 |
□ | ■ | □ | □ |
□ | □ | ■ | 738 |
Full schedules
Full flight schedules for SIA and SilkAir during July and August 2020 are now available at the Singapore Airlines website.
These are regularly updated throughout the month, so do check for the latest changes.
SIA and SilkAir July / August Flight Schedules
Transit passengers
Much of the SIA Group’s passenger traffic now hinges on transit passengers, with the almost complete inability to fly to or from Singapore directly unless your particular circumstances demand it.
The slightly expanded network for August 2020 helps capitalise on SIA’s connection principle, with transit passengers now permitted to pass through Changi Airport.
Additional Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt flights are likely no coincidence here, helping the airline add options for those still making their way home or travelling for urgent reasons.
Scoot
SIA’s low cost subsidiary Scoot expended its route network to eight cities in June 2020. The airline planned operate 128 flights in July 2020, however this was dialled back to around 100 services.
That’s still its highest capacity by flight volumes since the airline imposed a skeleton schedule in April 2020.
Scoot tends to hold back on its schedule announcements until closer to the time and has not yet confirmed whether further frequencies and destinations will be added in August 2020.
Hopefully we can bring you more news on that later this month.
What if your flight has been cancelled?
You may be protected by SIA’s latest travel waiver policy, in which case you can:
- Apply for a full cash refund; or
- Receive a travel credit voucher including a bonus credit against a future booking
See our article here covering the latest travel waiver policy for details, or check the SIA website here.
September onwards
As with previous months, Singapore Airlines continues to load practically its full schedule in GDS from 1st September 2020, then later announces which services will actually go ahead.
Do remember that these forward plans (September 2020 onwards) are subject to significant further cuts based on the coronavirus situation closer to the time, so we expect a revised service operation list to be announced closer to the time.
Summary
Without ‘green lanes’, ‘travel bubbles’ and additional ‘fast lanes’, there’s really no passenger market for the SIA Group to serve other than a limited (albeit important) opportunity for transit passengers to move around the world, particularly between Australia / New Zealand and Europe.
This month we’ve seen Paris added to the network, plus increased frequencies to the likes of Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt in August. These extra flights will assist with SIA’s transit passenger connectivity, normally more than a third of its business, but frankly there’s the significant risk of another ‘plateau’ being reached if international travel borders aren’t opened up soon.

We can’t realistically see Singapore Airlines returning to 10%+ of normal capacity levels in the coming months without significant progress to agree at least some form of common travel corridors and / or regular international tourist activity.
Last month the step-up in activity gave us cause for optimism, but this month it seems like we’re treading water – waiting for governments to agree a way forward before we can see any meaningful ramp-up in flights.
(Cover Photo: AirImages / Shutterstock)
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