SIA boosts VTL flights from 12 cities including London, New York and Paris

Singapore Airlines may have come off feeling a bit bruised when it picked up only 10 of the 42 weekly VTL designated flights between Changi and Kuala Lumpur in the latest regional quarantine scheme with its closest neighbour, but that hasn’t stopped the carrier capitalising on its current dominant position on Europe and US routes.

SIA has announced that from mid-January 2022 it will boost designated VTL flight frequencies on no fewer than 12 routes, by shifting non-VTL services from a host of cities onto the quarantine-free arrangement, thanks to an increased arrivals cap.

These new flights unfortunately don’t come in time for the busy Christmas and New Year holiday season, but could come in useful for those travelling next year.

In total, SIA will operate 147 VTL designated flights per week into Changi once the changes come into effect, in addition to 108 operated by other airlines, for over 250 weekly quarantine-free arrival flights in Singapore.

VTL flight increases

Here’s a summary of the VTL designated flight frequency increases on these 12 routes from mid-January 2022.

Singapore Airlines
VTL Flight Increases

City	VTL Flights
	Before	After
Amsterdam	4/wk	7/wk
Barcelona	3/wk	5/wk
Copenhagen	2/wk	5/wk
Frankfurt	7/wk	14/wk
London	7/wk	14/wk
Milan	3/wk	5/wk
Munich	3/wk	5/wk
New York	7/wk	14/wk
Paris	4/wk	7/wk
Rome	2/wk	5/wk
Seattle	2/wk	4/wk
Vancouver	2/wk	4/wk

The biggest increases are for Frankfurt, London and New York, all of which go from daily to double daily SIA VTL flight options.

Amsterdam and Paris will also increase to daily Singapore Airlines VTL flights.

These increases on existing VTL routes are in addition to new VTL designation for three weekly flights from Houston and Manchester, which we previously announced, also commencing in mid-January.

If you’re not familiar, here’s a summary of how the VTL works:

  VTL: All you need to know

Here’s how these schedule changes look city-by-city.

Amsterdam

Singapore Airlines is currently operating four weekly VTL flights from Amsterdam to Singapore.

From 17th January 2022, SQ323 will also operate three times weekly as a VTL flight from Amsterdam to Singapore.

17th January 2022 – 26th March 2022

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	SQ323 A350-900
AMS 10:25		SIN 05:55*
	SQ329 A350-900
AMS 10:25		SIN 05:55*

* Next day

This will effectively give SIA daily service on the route.

See the full Amsterdam – Singapore VTL flight schedule, including these new flights and those operated by KLM below (click to expand).

Barcelona

Singapore Airlines is currently operating three weekly VTL flights from Barcelona to Singapore.

From 19th January 2022, SQ377 will also operate twice weekly as a VTL flight from Barcelona to Singapore, via Milan as with existing services.

19th January 2022 – 26th March 2022

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	SQ377 A350-900
BCN 09:50		SIN 07:35*
	SQ379 A350-900
BCN 09:50		SIN 07:35*

* Next day

In total there will then be five weekly SIA VTL flights from Barcelona to Singapore. 

See the full Barcelona – Singapore VTL flight schedule including these new flights below (click to expand).

 

Copenhagen

Singapore Airlines is currently operating two weekly VTL flights from Copenhagen to Singapore.

From 19th January 2022, SQ351 will also operate twice weekly as a VTL flight from Copenhagen to Singapore.

19th January 2022 – 29th January 2022

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	SQ351 A350-900
CPH 12:30		SIN 07:30*
	SQ353 A350-900
CPH 12:30		SIN 07:30*

From February 2022 an additional SQ351 flight is added.

2nd February 2022 – 26th March 2022

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	SQ351 A350-900
CPH 12:30		SIN 07:30*
	SQ353 A350-900
CPH 12:30		SIN 07:30*

* Next day

In total there will then be five weekly SIA VTL flights from Copenhagen to Singapore. 

See the full Copenhagen – Singapore VTL flight schedule including these new flights below (click to expand).

 

Frankfurt

Singapore Airlines is currently operating daily VTL flights from Frankfurt to Singapore.

From 17th January 2022, SQ25 will also operate daily as a VTL flight from Frankfurt to Singapore, as a continuation of its New York – Frankfurt – Singapore routing.

17th January 2022 – 26th March 2022

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	SQ25 777-300ER
FRA 11:40		SIN 06:50*
	SQ325 777-300ER
FRA 21:55		SIN 17:15*

* Next day

This will give SIA twice-daily VTL service on the route, including a late morning and evening departure timing, for early morning and evening arrival respectively in Singapore.

Both flights will also offer a First Class cabin.

See the full Frankfurt – Singapore VTL flight schedule, including these new flights and those operated by Lufthansa below (click to expand).