Singapore Airlines has announced its flight schedules through to the end of December 2021, adding two additional months to the previously confirmed route list, which was published through to 31st October 2021.
The network remains steady at 53 cities, with some frequency and aircraft type adjustments since the last update.
The passenger network over the next four months continues to be served by the following aircraft types:
- Airbus A350-900s
- Boeing 737-800s
- Boeing 777-300ERs
- Boeing 787-10s
There are still no firm plans announced by the airline to bring any Airbus A380s back into service, with the superjumbo removed from the schedules until at least January 2022.
Fifth freedom routes extended
In the past few months Singapore Airlines has launched two new fifth freedom routes, one between Copenhagen and Rome and the other between Taipei and Los Angeles, as it capitalises on pockets of passenger and cargo demand outside its home base.
These services were originally loaded in the schedule until the end of October 2021, but both have been extended until at least 31st December 2021, with this latest update.

Non-stop flights from Singapore to Rome have therefore been provisionally pushed back until 2nd January 2022.
Phuket gets A350s
Singapore Airlines seems to be predicting some good transit traffic volumes to and from Phuket over the Christmas and New Year period, with one of its two daily flights being upgauged to the Airbus A350 between 17th December 2021 and 11th January 2022.

Between 17th December 2021 and the end of the year the morning SQ728/727 flight will be flown by a three-class Airbus A350 Long Haul, then in January wide-body service switches to the evening SQ738/735 flight using an Airbus A350 Regional.
These flights will operate alongside the usual Boeing 737-800 services, and will mean passengers can experience the latest flat-bed Business Class seats on this short route.

Singapore Airlines has flown flat-bed Business Class seat to Phuket before, using Boeing 777-200ERs on the route in late 2019 and early 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Headline figures
In total Singapore Airlines will fly over 3,500 passenger flights per month by November 2021, its highest total since schedules were slashed in April 2020.
That compares to around 7,800 passenger flights in November 2019, the most representative pre-COVID measure for this period, meaning SIA will have restored 45% of its passenger capacity by flight volumes this summer, however this drops to 31% if you also consider the pre-COVID SilkAir schedule.
Here are the top five short-haul and long-haul routes on the network during the last two months of the year.
Top Routes
(November – December 2021)
Short-haul & Asia
- Jakarta: 24/wk
- Manila: 21/wk
- Kuala Lumpur: 18/wk
- Phuket: 14/wk
- Bangkok: 14/wk
Australia & Long-haul
- London: 18/wk
- Sydney: 17/wk
- Brisbane: 14/wk
- Melbourne: 14/wk
- Perth: 14/wk
These ten cities alone represent over 40% of all planned Singapore Airlines passenger services by flight frequency during this period (pre-COVID, they accounted for about 30%).
There are also an additional 19 routes served between 7-13 times a week (i.e. at least daily), as outlined in the tables below.
Singapore Airlines schedule
There are no new routes in the latest schedule update, with the most recent addition being the Taipei – Los Angeles services.
Jakarta has already seen an increase to 24 flights per week, the most frequently served city on the network, while Hong Kong gets a second daily service from November.

Munich has already seen an increase from 3 flights per week to 5, with the addition of two Vaccinated Travel Lane services (SQ331/332) twice per week, in addition to the regular flights.
Here’s a map of the Asia-Pacific destinations Singapore Airlines will be serving between September and December 2021.

In addition, three US destinations, 13 European cities, Dubai in the Middle East and both Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa will be served.

Singapore Airlines will be running the following passenger route network between September 2021 and December 2021.

All routes not listed below are cancelled during this period, or will have cargo-only operation.
Singapore Airlines Routes Short-haul & Asia (Sep – Dec 2021) |
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City | Month(s) | Acft | ||
Sep | Oct | Nov – Dec | ||
Bangkok | 14/wk | 14/wk | 14/wk | 359 359R |
Brunei | 4/wk (was 3/wk) |
3/wk | 3/wk | 738 |
Chongqing | 1/wk | 1/wk | 1/wk | 787 |
Colombo | 5/wk | 5/wk | 5/wk | 359R |
Denpasar | — | — | 7/wk | 787 |
Dhaka | 3/wk (was 7/wk) |
7/wk | 7/wk | 359R |
Fukuoka | 2/wk | 2/wk | 2/wk | 787 |
Hanoi* | 10/wk |
10/wk | 10/wk | 359R |
Ho Chi Minh* | 10/wk | 10/wk | 10/wk | 359 359R 77W |
Hong Kong | 7/wk | 7/wk | 14/wk | 359 77W |
Jakarta | 24/wk (was 21/wk) |
24/wk | 24/wk | 359 77W |
Kathmandu** | 1/wk (was 4/wk) |
4/wk | 4/wk | 738 787 |
Kuala Lumpur | 18/wk | 18/wk | 18/wk | 359 738 |
Malé | 7/wk | 7/wk | 7/wk | 738 |
Manila | 21/wk | 21/wk | 21/wk | 359R |
Medan | 2/wk | 2/wk | 2/wk | 738 |
Nagoya | 3/wk | 3/wk | 3/wk | 787 |
Osaka | 7/wk | 7/wk | 7/wk | 359R |
Phnom Penh | 9/wk | 9/wk | 9/wk | 738 |
Phuket | 14/wk | 14/wk | 14/wk | 359 738 |
Seoul | 6/wk (was 7/wk) |
6/wk (was 7/wk) |
7/wk | 787 |
Shanghai | 1/wk | 1/wk | 1/wk | 787 |
Shenzhen | 1/wk | 1/wk | 1/wk | 359R |
Taipei | 7/wk | 7/wk | 7/wk | 359 787 |
Tokyo Haneda | 3/wk | 3/wk | 3/wk | 359R |
Tokyo Narita | 11/wk |
11/wk | 11/wk | 359R 77W 787 |
Yangon* | 2/wk | 2/wk | 2/wk | 359R |
Total | 193/wk |
199/wk |
214/wk |
* Cargo-only from Singapore, pax and cargo back to Singapore
** Pax and cargo from Singapore, cargo-only back to Singapore
The latest updated schedules including days of operation is available at this dedicated page on the Singapore Airlines website.
The Bali restart, originally planned for May 2021, has been pushed back to November 2021. The island’s plan to open a ‘Green Zone’ for international tourists is currently on hold.
Bali has about 6 new COVID-19 cases per day per 100,000 population at the time of writing, about half that of Germany, but the full vaccination rate lags behind at 49%, so it could still be some time before a ‘sandbox-style’ scheme gets underway there.
Once that does happen though, you can be sure SIA will be flying to Denpasar again, if only to tap into transit traffic from Europe and the US initially.
Twice weekly Boeing 787-10 service is pencilled in for now.
Singapore Airlines Routes Australia & Long-haul (Sep – Dec 2021) |
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City | Month | Acft | |
Sep | Oct – Dec | ||
Adelaide | 3/wk | 3/wk | 359R |
Amsterdam | 7/wk | 7/wk | 359 |
Auckland | 10/wk | 10/wk | 359 |
Barcelona (via MXP) |
3/wk | 3/wk | 359 |
Brisbane | 14/wk | 14/wk | 359R |
Cape Town (via JNB) |
2/wk | 2/wk | 359 |
Christchurch | 4/wk | 4/wk | 359 |
Copenhagen | 3/wk | 3/wk | 359 |
Dubai | 5/wk | 5/wk | 359R |
Frankfurt | 10/wk | 10/wk | 359 77W |
Istanbul | 2/wk | 2/wk | 359 |
Johannesburg | 5/wk |
5/wk | 359 |
London | 18/wk | 18/wk | 359 77W |
Los Angeles^ (incl. via NRT/TPE) |
13/wk (was 10/wk) |
13/wk | 359 77W |
Manchester | 3/wk | 3/wk | 359 |
Melbourne | 14/wk | 14/wk | 359R |
Milan | 3/wk | 3/wk | 359 |
Moscow | 3/wk | 3/wk | 359 |
Munich | 5/wk (was 3/wk) |
5/wk | 359 |
New York JFK | 7/wk |
7/wk |
359ULR |
Paris | 7/wk | 7/wk | 359 |
Perth | 14/wk | 14/wk | 787 |
Rome (via CPH) |
3/wk | 3/wk | 359 |
San Francisco | 7/wk | 7/wk | 359ULR |
Sydney | 17/wk | 17/wk | 359R 77W 787 |
Zurich | 7/wk | 7/wk | 359 |
Total | 189/wk |
189/wk |
^ Passengers cannot travel from Singapore to Los Angeles via Taipei due to transit restrictions. TPE-LAX traffic only on this route.
The latest updated schedules including days of operation is available at this dedicated page on the Singapore Airlines website.
London remains the busiest long-haul route, with 18 weekly services, including a First Class option on Boeing 777-300ERs once per day.
Speaking of First Class on the Boeing 777s, this cabin continues to be available as follows during the September to December 2021 period, including its most recent introduction on Frankfurt – Singapore VTL flights:
- Frankfurt (SQ326/325)
- Hong Kong (SQ882/883)
- Jakarta (SQ950/951/953/964/965/968)
- London (SQ322/317)
- Los Angeles (SQ12/11)
- Sydney (SQ231/222)
- Tokyo (SQ12/11*)
* Sunday SQ12/11 Tokyo services are operated by A350 Regional aircraft, with no First Class cabin.

You can learn more about the Singapore – Germany Vaccinated Travel Lane at our comprehensive guide here.
What about SilkAir?
SilkAir’s passenger operations came to an end in May 2021, with the airline now only operating empty test flights and all passenger routes transferred to Singapore Airlines.
Don’t miss our tribute to the ‘Regional Wing’, including many details of its long history, some of which may surprise you.
Which routes are left?
With 53 destinations across the Singapore Airlines and former SilkAir network now reinstated, it’s interesting to consider which cities or airports are still to be added to the list (or not, as the case may be).
Here’s the latest rundown.
City / Airport | |
Pending reinstatement (SIA route) |
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Pending reinstatement (former SilkAir route) |
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Transferred to Scoot (and still pending reinstatement) |
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Discontinued since COVID-19 (no planned reinstatement) |
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Summary
Singapore Airlines is maintaining more or less the status quo with its route network through to the end of 2021, though as we’ve seen recently with approvals like the Germany VTL scheme, short-notice additions can always be made when demand is there.
For the time being no Airbus A380 operations are planned in 2021, though again if the circumstances warrant it, plans can always be changed.

Meanwhile the airline is extending operation on its latest pair of fifth freedom routes and upgauging Phuket flights over the festive season to wide-body Airbus A350s.
Stay tuned for more inevitable schedule developments before the end of the year.
(Cover Photo: AirImages / Shutterstock)
This is great! My return flight from frankfurt has been changed from original A380 (version 2) at the point of booking to now A350. And the preselected seats have been erased! 😮
I have a reservation for mid Jan22 to LHR just noticed it has been changed to a 777, I checked the schedule and it appears that they have changed the LHR A380 to a 777 until mid Mar22.
Yes that’s the case for now, but subject to change once the Jan 2022 schedule and beyond is confirmed in a couple of months time.
Have Cebu and Davao been reinstated?
Good to see Kathmandu will be getting 787-10. Quite an upgrade from Silk 737-800 pre pandemic.