Singapore Airlines has finalised its flight schedules including days of operation and aircraft type allocation across its network for the upcoming winter travel season, which means we now have a firm idea of where and when the carrier will be flying through to the end of March 2026.

While flights for this period have been available for booking for some time, many of the frequencies and aircraft types were initially carried over as a “copy-paste” from the previous season’s schedules. As a result, they weren’t necessarily accurate – until now.

This winter we’re seeing more significant seasonal tweaks than before, with bigger retractions from some of the carrier’s European and North Asian markets as competitors ramp up capacity, while capacity is shifted more significantly than usual to other markets, including to New Zealand.

Headline figures

Singapore Airlines will fly over 2,400 passenger flights per week by March 2026, its highest total since schedules were slashed in April 2020 due to COVID-19.

That’s around 91% of the pre-pandemic monthly total operated on the combined SilkAir / SIA network in January 2020. SilkAir was fully merged into SIA in May 2021.

Now that the northern winter 2025/26 schedule has been confirmed, and before we get into the full route list, here’s a quick summary of the most significant changes in store.

Bigger seasonal shifts this year

Every year, Singapore Airlines makes relatively predictable seasonal adjustments to its network during the Northern Hemisphere winter months. European routes typically see reduced frequencies reflecting low-demand periods, while capacity gets redeployed to destinations experiencing their peak seasons.

This winter the airline is following that same playbook – but with notably greater scale and scope than usual. Singapore Airlines is trimming flight frequencies on several European and North Asian routes, reflecting the challenging competitive landscape the carrier faces as global air capacity returns to pre-pandemic levels.

The backdrop to these adjustments is telling. In May 2025, the airline reported that passenger yields had dropped 5.7% to 11.5 cents per passenger-kilometre in the second half of the last financial year, with operating profits falling by a fifth compared to the same period the previous year.

SIA cited “intensified competition due to industry-wide capacity injection” and indicated it would “respond nimbly to market dynamics” – and these bigger winter schedule adjustments appear to be exactly that kind of strategic response in action.

The adjustments affect routes to major destinations including London, Paris, Munich, Beijing and Osaka. However, the capacity freed up by these reductions isn’t going to waste, with the carrier boosting services to other cities that typically see stronger demand during the winter period, particularly capitalising on the Southern Hemisphere summer season.

The cuts: Europe bears the brunt

The most significant reductions are hitting European routes during the traditionally low-demand winter months.

Singapore Airlines typically sees its lowest load factors for Europe flights in the months of November, February and March each year, and so it’s no surprise to see the cuts focused on these periods this coming season.

• Barcelona sees its twice-weekly nonstop service suspended entirely for over a month during the upcoming winter season, though SIA will extend its Singapore – Milan flight to Barcelona five times per week instead of three, to partially compensate.
• London Heathrow faces a temporary reduction from four to three daily flights, which will see some services suspended between mid-January and late February, as we recently reported.
• Munich flights will drop from daily to five times weekly during February 2026, a 29% cut during this ‘lull’ period – though a surprising reduction we’ve not seen before.
• Paris sees a modest reduction from 11 times weekly to 10 times weekly flights during several periods this coming winter. Overall seat capacity will be 6% less than last winter.
• Rome sees its usual four times weekly service trimmed by a quarter to three times weekly operation for practically the whole winter season, a 25% capacity cut. The city saw up to five weekly flights in the peak summer period this year, but seems to struggle in the winter months.

North Asia feels the squeeze too

The adjustments aren’t limited to Europe.

• Beijing Capital will see service reduced from three to two daily flights, with specific flights cancelled entirely for two separate four-week periods this winter, though capacity will be only ~2% lower than last winter, when similar cuts were made.
• Beijing Daxing faces a month-long complete service suspension from early January to early February, double the reduction we saw last year. Flights will also be downgauged from Boeing 787-10s to smaller Airbus A350 Medium Haul aircraft, reducing capacity by 10%, even when daily service is operating.
• Osaka will drop from three to two daily flights during most of the first quarter of 2026, though it’s a similar pattern to last winter’s schedule.
• Seoul will drop from four to three daily flights during most of the first quarter of 2026. While SIA scheduled similar service reductions on its Seoul flights last winter, these were less severe and overall seat capacity on the route will fall by around 1,000 seats in each direction across the coming season as a whole.
• Hong Kong sees a minor dip from 35 to 34 weekly flights for the opening weeks of the winter season, but the bigger story lies in the overall schedule. Last winter, SIA mounted up to 42 weekly services (six per day) during peak periods. This year, however, the SQ896/897 rotation is completely absent, the A380 doesn’t feature at all, and total flights are down by around 7% compared to NW24/25.

The flip side: Not all bad news

Thankfully it’s not all retrenchment for Singapore Airlines in the months ahead.

The carrier is strategically redeploying capacity to markets where winter season demand is actually stronger, including capitalising on the Southern Hemisphere summer period for its Australia and New Zealand market.

• Auckland sees Airbus A380 deployment effective from mid-January 2026, replacing the Boeing 777-300ER on one of its daily flights, as we recently reported. The route’s third daily flight SQ287/288 will be axed during this period, reducing overall Auckland flight frequencies by around 13% this winter, but total seat capacity is practically fully retained, thanks to the A380’s deployment.
• Busan gets hiked from four to six weekly flights from the start of the winter season, with a further increase to daily from February 2026, a 75% capacity increase between now and early next year.
• Christchurch benefits from increased peak season service this winter, jumping from the usual 10 weekly flights (like last winter) to 11 weekly flights this season.
• Colombo will see a 43% increase in capacity from early next year with daily flights hiked to 10 weekly, though this was originally proposed from late October, so there’s a slight delay in implementation here.
• Frankfurt gets a third daily flight six days per week from mid-January using Airbus A350 LH aircraft, though this is to compensate for an A380-to-777 downgauge on SQ326/325, at the expense of Auckland.
• Taipei sees the return of seasonal third-daily service on four days per week to capture Taiwan’s cherry blossom season demand, this time with a high-density 303-seat Airbus A350 MH rather than the 253-seat Airbus A350 LH used in NW24/25. The service will operate for almost a month longer this winter compared to last year, hiking overall seat capacity on the route by 5% across the season as a whole.
• Sapporo will see its seasonal route return with frequencies actually increasing from five per week to daily during the route’s December 2025 and January 2026 period of operation, a 40% capacity hike for winter sports enthusiasts.
• Tokyo has its sixth daily flight restored for the peak December 2025 period, in the form of SQ630/639 on the Haneda route.

Singapore Airlines’ winter schedule

In short, Europe and North Asia see notable reductions, with deeper winter season cuts than in recent years, while New Zealand and seasonal leisure markets benefit from redeployed capacity. By March 2026, however, overall flights will reach their highest level since early 2020, showing SIA’s growth remains intact, despite competitive headwinds.

Here’s how the flight frequencies and aircraft types on the short-haul and Asia network will look during the upcoming season, which starts on 26th October 2025 and runs through to 28th March 2026.

Singapore Airlines Routes Short-haul & Asia (Nov 2025 – Mar 2026)
Destination	Dates	Frequency	Acft
Ahmedabad	All	7/wk	359 MH
Bangkok	All	42/wk	359 MH 787
Beijing Capital	26OCT25 – 22NOV25	14/wk	359 MH 77W 787
	23NOV25 – 30NOV25	21/wk
	01DEC25 – 28DEC25	14/wk
	29DEC25 – 28MAR26	21/wk
Beijing Daxing	26OCT25 – 04JAN26	7/wk	359 MH
	05JAN26 – 01FEB26	0/wk — Route Suspended —
	02FEB26 – 28MAR26	7/wk
Bengaluru	All	14/wk	359 MH 7M8
Brunei	All	7/wk	7M8
Busan	26OCT25 – 31JAN26	6/wk (was 4/wk)	7M8
	01FEB26 – 28MAR26	7/wk
Cebu	All	7/wk	7M8
Chennai	All	14/wk	359 MH 787 7M8
Chengdu	26OCT25 – 23NOV25	7/wk	359 LH 7M8
	24NOV25 – 28DEC25	6/wk
	29DEC25 – 28MAR26	7/wk
Chongqing	All	7/wk	7M8
Cochin	26OCT25 – 30NOV25	10/wk	7M8
	01DEC25 – 01MAR26	14/wk
	02MAR26 – 28MAR26	10/wk
Colombo	26OCT25 – 04JAN26	7/wk	787
	05JAN26 – 28MAR26	10/wk
Da Nang	All	14/wk (was 10/wk)	7M8
Denpasar (Bali)	All	42/wk	359 MH 787 7M8
Delhi	All	14/wk	388 787
Dhaka	26OCT25 – 28FEB26	7/wk	787
	01MAR26 – 28MAR26	10/wk
Fukuoka	All	7/wk	787
Guangzhou	All	14/wk	787 7M8
Hanoi	All	14/wk	359 LH 359 MH 7M8
Ho Chi Minh	All	21/wk	359 LH 359 MH 787
Hong Kong	26OCT25 – 14NOV25	34/wk (was 35/wk)	359 LH 359 MH 77W 787
	15NOV25 – 28MAR26	35/wk
Hyderabad	All	12/wk	359 MH 7M8
Jakarta	All	63/wk	359 LH 77W
Kathmandu	All	7/wk	787 7M8
Kolkata	All	7/wk	359 MH 7M8
Kuala Lumpur	All	54/wk	359 LH 359 MH 7M8
Malé	All	14/wk	359 MH 359 LH
Manila	All	35/wk	359 MH 787
Medan	All	14/wk	7M8
Mumbai	All	14/wk	388 787
Nagoya	All	7/wk	787
Osaka	26OCT25 – 11JAN26	21/wk	787
	12JAN26 – 12FEB26	14/wk
	13FEB26 – 22FEB26	21/wk
	23FEB26 – 12MAR26	14/wk
	13MAR26 – 28MAR26	21/wk
Penang	All	35/wk (was 31/wk)	7M8
Phnom Penh	All	21/wk	359 MH 7M8
Phuket	All	42/wk (was 30/wk)	7M8
Sapporo	30NOV25 – 28JAN26	7/wk (seasonal)	359 MH
Seoul	26OCT25 – 11JAN26	28/wk	359 MH 787
	12JAN26 – 25JAN26	21/wk
	26JAN26 – 22FEB26	28/wk
	23FEB26 – 13MAR26	21/wk
	14MAR26 – 28MAR26	28/wk
Shanghai	All	28/wk (was 35/wk)	359 MH 359 LH 388* 77W 787
Shenzhen	All	7/wk	7M8
Siem Reap	All	14/wk (was 11/wk)	7M8
Surabaya	All	19/wk	359 MH 7M8
Taipei	26OCT25 – 01FEB26	14/wk	359 MH 787
	02FEB26 – 28MAR26	18/wk
Tokyo Haneda	26OCT25 – 30NOV25	21/wk	359 MH 77W 787
	01DEC25 – 20DEC25	28/wk
	21DEC25 – 28MAR26	21/wk
Tokyo Narita	All	14/wk	77W 787
Xiamen	All	7/wk	7M8
Yangon	All	7/wk	7M8
Total (by March 2026)		840/wk

* 1 Feb – 28 Mar only

The latest updated schedules including days of operation are available at the Singapore Airlines website.

Here’s how the long-haul network looks during the winter 2025/26 season.

Singapore Airlines Routes Long-haul (Nov 2025 – Mar 2026)
Destination	Dates	Frequency	Acft
Adelaide	All	10/wk	787
Amsterdam	All	7/wk	359 LH
Auckland	26OCT25 – 17JAN26	21/wk (was 7/wk)	359 LH 388* 77W
	18JAN26 – 28MAR26	14/wk
Barcelona (non-stop)	26OCT25 – 02FEB26	2/wk	359 LH
	03FEB26 – 05MAR26	0/wk — Route Suspended —
	06MAR26 – 28MAR26	2/wk
Barcelona (via MXP)	26OCT25 – 04FEB26	3/wk	359 LH
	05FEB26 – 04MAR26	5/wk
	05MAR26 – 28MAR26	3/wk
Brisbane	All	28/wk	359 MH
Brussels	All	4/wk	359 LH
Cairns	All	4/wk	359 MH
Cape Town (via JNB)	All	7/wk	359 LH
Christchurch	26OCT25 – 23NOV25	7/wk	359 LH
	24NOV25 – 13FEB26	11/wk
	14FEB26 – 28MAR26	7/wk
Copenhagen	All	7/wk	359 LH
Darwin	All	7/wk	7M8
Dubai	All	7/wk	77W
Frankfurt	26OCT25 – 17JAN26	14/wk	359 LH 388** 77W
	18JAN26 – 28MAR26	20/wk
Istanbul	All	4/wk	359 LH
Johannesburg	26OCT25 – 14NOV25	11/wk	359 LH
	15NOV25 – 28MAR26	12/wk
London Gatwick	All	7/wk	359 LH
London Heathrow	26OCT25 – 17JAN26	28/wk	388 77W
	18JAN26 – 25FEB26	21/wk
	26FEB26 – 28MAR26	28/wk
Los Angeles (non-stop)	All	10/wk	359 LH
Los Angeles (via NRT)	All	7/wk	77W
Manchester	All	5/wk	359 LH
Melbourne	All	35/wk	359 LH 359 MH 77W
Milan	All	7/wk	359 LH
Munich	26OCT25 – 01FEB26	7/wk	359 LH
	02FEB26 – 01MAR26	5/wk
	02MAR26 – 28MAR26	7/wk
New York JFK (non-stop)	All	7/wk	359 ULR
New York JFK (via FRA)	All	7/wk	77W
Newark	All	7/wk	359 ULR
Paris	26OCT25 – 13NOV25	11/wk (was 14/wk)	359 LH 77W
	14NOV25 – 28NOV25	10/wk
	29NOV25 – 26DEC25	11/wk
	27DEC25 – 06JAN26	10/wk
	07JAN26 – 01FEB26	11/wk
	02FEB26 – 28MAR26	10/wk
Perth	All	28/wk	359 MH 787
Rome	26OCT25 – 10NOV25	4/wk	359 LH
	11NOV25 – 28MAR26	3/wk
San Francisco	All	14/wk	359 LH 359 ULR
Seattle	All	5/wk	359 LH
Sydney	All	28/wk	359 LH 388 77W
Zurich	All	7/wk	77W
Total (by March 2026)		365/wk

* 18 Jan – 28 Mar
** Except 18 Jan – 28 Mar

The latest updated schedules including days of operation are available at the Singapore Airlines website.

“Fifth freedom” routes

Singapore Airlines will operate three “fifth freedom” routes during the winter 2025/26 season, on which it has traffic rights to sell tickets to passengers travelling solely between these foreign cities.

• Frankfurt to/from New York JFK (Boeing 777-300ER)
• Milan to/from Barcelona (Airbus A350 Long Haul)
• Tokyo to/from Los Angeles (Boeing 777-300ER)

Note that it is not possible to buy or redeem tickets to travel solely on the following Singapore Airlines routes:

• Johannesburg to Cape Town
• Cape Town to Johannesburg

To get a seat on these flights, you must be travelling all the way to or from Singapore, with no stopover in Johannesburg allowed.

SIA still has not programmed a return for its flagship SQ1/2 Singapore – Hong Kong – San Francisco flights since these were suspended in January 2022, when Hong Kong banned transit passengers, in another of its ever-changing travel restrictions during the pandemic era.

It’s unlikely the airline will restart this aircraft-intensive route in the short term, with no new long-haul aircraft deliveries due until 2026 at the earliest.

Singapore Airlines schedules get a couple of ‘big updates’ per year, and this is one of them, with flight frequencies and aircraft types confirmed for the northern winter season from late October 2025 to late March 2026.

There are more pronounced seasonal adjustments this year – particularly with deeper cuts to selected European and North Asian routes – signs that SIA is facing intensified competition as global capacity returns to pre-COVID levels.

The airline’s willingness to temporarily suspend routes like Barcelona (non-stop) and reduce frequencies to major hubs like London Heathrow does show a pragmatic approach to protecting yields in challenging markets.

However, the strategic redeployment of capacity to stronger-performing routes shows SIA isn’t simply retreating. The carrier is positioning itself to capitalise on seasonal opportunities, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere summer markets and winter tourism destinations like Busan and Sapporo.

With weekly flights set to reach their highest level since early 2020, SIA is still in growth mode – but these adjustments show a sharper focus on profitability and seasonal demand as competitive pressure ramps up.

We’ll be updating our Business Class Seats by Route and First Class Seats by Route guides in the coming days with the new data through to the end of March 2026, based on the latest aircraft assignments on the network.

If you are booking flights beyond 28th March 2026, do be aware that next summer’s schedule is still somewhat provisional, especially as far as aircraft types are concerned. We’ll have more firm news on the schedule for that season in around January next year.

(Cover Photo: Plane’s Portrait Aviation Media / Malcolm Lu)