Back in March last year, we reported on a somewhat unusual route addition for Singapore Changi Airport, with Qantas Group low-cost carrier Jetstar announcing non-stop flights between the Lion City and Broome in Western Australia, twice per week between late June and late October 2024.

Although the seasonal service wrapped up on 26th October last year, there’s good news for those eyeing this rather unique eighth connection between Singapore and Australia – flights are set to resume in April 2025.

This coincides with Broome’s dry season, when temperatures range from 21 to 28 degrees and the Kimberley region of Western Australia sees peak travel demand from tourists.

The schedule

Here’s how the flight schedule looks for this service in 2025, which has slightly different timings compared to last year, and will run for nearly three months longer.

Singapore Broome
1 Apr 2025 – 26 Oct 2024

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	3K161 A320
SIN 09:50		BME 14:00
	3K167 A320
SIN 12:15		BME 16:25
	3K162 A320
BME 15:00		SIN 19:10
	3K168 A320
BME 17:25		SIN 21:35

Tuesdays will get a morning service to Broome, returning in the afternoon, while Saturdays will see a lunchtime departure from Changi and an evening flight in the return direction.

The schedule allows for 3-night or 4-night trips to Broome, or even longer 7, 10 , 11 or 14-night holidays for those looking to explore further (here’s what to do in and around Broome).

With a flight time of around 4 hours, this direct link significantly reduces journey times from Singapore to Broome by at least five hours, avoiding the need for travellers to first fly to Perth, and then take another 2.5 hour flight from there, which remains the case until late March this year.

You can also use Broome as a stepping stone to or from the rest of Australia, with domestic flights to cities like Darwin (1.5 hours) and Perth (2.5 hours), plus seasonal links to Melbourne (4.5 hours) and Sydney (5 hours).

A Broome – Perth self-drive is also worth considering, provided you’ve got around 10-14 days to kill, with beaches, national parks, small relaxed beach towns, waterfalls and hiking trails along the way – if that sounds like your thing!

As we recently reported, Jetstar will also launch non-stop flights between Singapore and Komodo International Airport (Labuan Bajo) in mid-March this year, a brand new route for Changi Airport.

Fares

Last year Jetstar launched this route with one-way introductory fares starting from S$125.

This year the lowest fares we could find are:

• S$145 (Singapore – Broome)
• AU$175 (Broome – Singapore)

That makes the cheapest round-trip around S$296 per person, with hand luggage only. In some cases, you can get an additional S$7 / AU$6 discount in each direction as a Club Jetstar member.

You can also redeem Qantas Frequent Flyer points for Jetstar flights, but pricing is not that attractive at:

• 14,400 points + S$92 (Singapore to Broome)
• 14,400 points + AU$115 (Broome to Singapore)

It’s definitely not worth doing this – unless the one-way fare increases to something like S$350 or more, to ensure you’re getting decent value for your Qantas points.

By that stage though, award seats on Jetstar flights don’t tend to be available – so it’s a moot point.

As usual, save your miles for full-service Business Class awards where possible, for best value.

Jetstar also hiking Okinawa and Osaka flights

At the start of the summer 2025 season, Jetstar is also increasing its flight frequencies on some other routes, perhaps most notably to Okinawa and Osaka in Japan.

Jetstar resumed flights to Okinawa in November 2023, after a three-year pause due to COVID-19, having first launched the route back in November 2017.

Initially operating three times weekly – down from the pre-pandemic frequency of five times weekly – the service increased to four times weekly in November 2024. Now, Jetstar plans to further expand the route to six weekly flights from April 2025, surpassing pre-COVID levels.

With additional flights departing on Wednesdays and Saturdays in both directions, this will mean Okinawa is linked with Singapore every day of the week, except on Mondays.

Here’s how the schedule looks for this route.

Singapore Okinawa
From 1st April 2025

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	3K791 A320
SIN 02:00		OKA 08:10
	3K791 A320
SIN 11:10		OKA 17:20
	3K792 A320
OKA 09:20		SIN 13:30
	3K792 A320
OKA 18:50		SIN 23:00

The overnight flight from Singapore to Okinawa takes 5 hours and 10 minutes, while the morning return journey lasts 5 hours and 20 minutes.

On Fridays, however, a more civilised late morning departure from Singapore arrives in Okinawa in the early evening, then an evening departure back to Singapore touches down in the Lion City at 11pm.

In the case of Osaka, Jetstar operates daily flights from Singapore via Manila in the Philippines in both directions.

From 1st April 2025, three additional weekly flights will be added, for 10 times weekly total operation on the route, as shown below.

Singapore Osaka
From 1st April 2025

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	3K763 A320
SIN 02:15		MNL 06:00
	3K763 A320
MNL 06:55		KIX 12:05
	3K769 A320
SIN 06:00		MNL 09:50
	3K769 A320
MNL 10:30		KIX 15:45

Osaka Singapore
From 1st April 2025

			Days
			M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	3K764 A320
KIX 13:15		MNL 16:40
	3K764 A320
MNL 17:40		SIN 21:30
	3K770 A320
KIX 17:50		MNL 21:00
	3K770 A320
MNL 21:45		SIN 01:25*

* Next day

While it’s possible to fly all the way between Singapore to Osaka on this one-stop service, Jetstar taps “fifth freedom” traffic rights between Manila and Osaka, so it primarily caters for Philippines – Japan traffic, with Lion City residents typically preferring one of the non-stop options offered by Peach, Singapore Airlines and Scoot.

Jetstar in Singapore

Jetstar’s flights from Singapore are operated by two airlines; Singapore-based Jetstar Asia (3K) and Australia’s Jetstar Airways (JQ).

Here’s how the route network out of Changi will look during the upcoming northern summer season, between April 2025 and October 2025.

Operated by
Jetstar Asia (3K)

• Bali
• Bangkok
• Broome
• Clark
• Colombo
• Haikou
• Jakarta
• Komodo
• Krabi
• Kuala Lumpur
• Manila
• Medan
• Okinawa
• Osaka
• Penang
• Phuket
• Surabaya
• Wuxi

Operated by
Jetstar Airways (JQ)

• Melbourne
• Perth

Aside from Broome, Jetstar is also the sole carrier operating between Singapore and Okinawa, Japan, Wuxi, China and Komodo, Indonesia, the latter being a brand new destination for Changi Airport, launching in mid-March this year, as we recently reported.

Jetstar is also the only low-cost carrier operating between Singapore and Colombo, Sri Lanka and Medan, Indonesia.

The Qantas Group carrier appears to be targeting a more niche route network from the Lion City lately, perhaps aligning with the stated intention of Singapore-based Jetstar Asia’s CEO “to think about unique destinations out of Changi”, in an interview with The Straits Times last year.

All Jetstar flights operate from the carrier’s new Singapore base of operations at Changi Airport Terminal 4.

Jetstar is resuming its seasonal non-stop flights to Broome in April 2025, a route that ran for four months last year but will operate for seven months this year.

The service saves travellers from Singapore at least five hours of travelling time to the Kimberly region of Western Australia, by cutting out a transit in Perth, and at least for some of the year represents Changi Airport’s eighth direct Aussie link.

Jetstar is also increasing frequencies to Okinawa and Osaka from April, a move that probably reflects growing demand to and from Japan.

(Cover Photo: PomInOz / Shutterstock)