Singapore Airlines has recently finalised its flight schedules and aircraft type allocation for the northern winter season, which runs from late October 2025 to late March 2026, including its sought-after Airbus A380 services, which will see the carrier’s superjumbos operating to and from up to seven cities on the network during this period.
Unfortunately, not all of these routes are season-long; only London, Sydney, Delhi and Mumbai have at least one daily A380 service across the full winter period, with shorter part-season stints for Auckland, Frankfurt and Shanghai.
Here’s our latest analysis of the airline’s plans for this aircraft type over the next six months.
Route summary
Up to seven cities will see at least some Airbus A380 service by Singapore Airlines between now and late March 2026.
Singapore Airlines A380 operation
September 2025 – March 2026
| Singapore to/from |
NS25 (Now – Oct ’25) |
NW25/26 (Nov ’25 – Mar ’26) |
| Auckland | ||
| Delhi | ||
| Frankfurt | ||
| London Heathrow | ||
| Mumbai | ||
| Shanghai | ||
| Sydney |
= Partial operation during the season
Singapore Airlines will operate 112 weekly A380 flights for the last two months of the winter 2025/26 season – a nice improvement on the 98 weekly flights this summer, but still somewhat short of the 126 weekly flights we saw with the type back in January 2024.
Recently up to three or even four of the 12-strong fleet of aircraft has been out of action at any one time for maintenance, but that situation finally seems to be improving.
The schedules
Here’s how the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 schedules look on these routes between now and late March 2026.
🇳🇿 Auckland
Singapore Airlines is returning the Airbus A380 to daily Auckland service for the first time in over two years from mid-January 2026 to late March 2026, to capture the peak southern summer tourism season in New Zealand.
Here’s how the schedule looks.
Singapore – Auckland
18th January 2026 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
 |
SQ285 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 22:35 |
AKL 13:25* |
||||||||
| Duration: 09:50 | |||||||||
* Next day
Auckland – Singapore
19th January 2026 – 29th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ286 A380 |
||||||||
| AKL 15:15 |
SIN 20:45 |
||||||||
| Duration: 10:30 | |||||||||
Non-A380 SIA flights on the Auckland route
- SQ281/282 operates daily for the whole NW25/26 season, using A350 LH aircraft.
- SQ285/286 uses A350 LH till 25th Oct 2025 then 777-300ER till 17th January 2026, before switching to the A380 as shown above.
- SQ287/288 operates daily from 26th October 2025 to 17th January 2026, using A350 LH aircraft.
🇮🇳 Delhi
The Singapore – Delhi route sees SIA Airbus A380 operation on a daily basis for both the remainder of the current summer season and the upcoming winter 2025/26 season.
Here’s how the schedule looks.
Singapore – Delhi
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ406 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 16:50 |
DEL 20:10 |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:50 | |||||||||
Delhi – Singapore
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ403 A380 |
||||||||
| DEL 21:55 |
SIN 06:10* |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:45 | |||||||||
* Next day
Singapore – Delhi
26th October 2025 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ406 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 16:40 |
DEL 20:00 |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:50 | |||||||||
Delhi – Singapore
26th October 2025 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ403 A380 |
||||||||
| DEL 21:50 |
SIN 06:00* |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:40 | |||||||||
* Next day
Non-A380 SIA flights on the Delhi route
- SQ402/401 operates daily alongside the A380 service shown above, using 787-10 aircraft.
🇩🇪 Frankfurt
Singapore Airlines sadly no longer operates the Airbus A380 on its Singapore – Frankfurt – New York route, downgrading the service to the smaller Boeing 777-300ER aircraft back in May 2023, but the superjumbo was reinstated on daily Frankfurt terminator flights in late March 2024.
This continues through the first part of winter 2025/26 on flights SQ326/325 until mid-January 2026, when the service downgauges to the Boeing 777-300ER to support daily A380 Auckland flights for the rest of the season.
Here’s how the A380 schedule looks on this route.
Singapore – Frankfurt
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ326 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 10:55 |
FRA 18:00 |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:05 | |||||||||
Frankfurt – Singapore
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ325 A380 |
||||||||
| FRA 21:40 |
SIN 16:05* |
||||||||
| Duration: 12:25 | |||||||||
* Next day
Singapore – Frankfurt
26th October 2025 – 17th January 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ326 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 11:05 |
FRA 17:40 |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:35 | |||||||||
Frankfurt – Singapore
26th October 2025 – 17th January 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ325 A380 |
||||||||
| FRA 21:40 |
SIN 17:00* |
||||||||
| Duration: 12:20 | |||||||||
* Next day
Non-A380 SIA flights on the Frankfurt route
- SIA also operates daily SQ26/25 flights between Singapore and Frankfurt, with onward service to and from New York JFK, using 777-300ER aircraft.
- SQ326/325 downgauges to the Boeing 777-300ER from 18th January 2026 to 28th March 2026.
- SQ330/329 operates as a daily Airbus A350 LH flight from 18th January 2026 to 28th March 2026.
🇬🇧 London Heathrow
Singapore Airlines will continue to operate two daily Airbus A380 flights to and from London Heathrow this winter.
However, a temporary reduction from four daily services in total on the route to three from mid-January to late February 2026 results in a bit of a ‘switcheroo’ for some of the superjumbo allocation, with a temporary swap from SQ308/319 to SQ318/321 in February and March 2026.
Here’s how the A380 schedule looks on the carrier’s Heathrow flights between now and late March 2026.
Singapore – London Heathrow
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ308 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 09:00 |
LHR 15:45 |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:45 | |||||||||
|
SQ322 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 23:00 |
LHR 05:55* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:55 | |||||||||
* Next day
London Heathrow – Singapore
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ317 A380 |
||||||||
| LHR 11:25 |
SIN 07:30* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:05 | |||||||||
|
SQ319 A380 |
||||||||
| LHR 20:35 |
SIN 16:45* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:10 | |||||||||
* Next day
Singapore – London Heathrow
26th October 2025 – 4th February 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ308 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 09:00 |
LHR 15:20 |
||||||||
| Duration: 14:20 | |||||||||
|
SQ322 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 23:25 |
LHR 05:55* |
||||||||
| Duration: 14:30 | |||||||||
* Next day
London Heathrow – Singapore
26th October 2025 – 4th February 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ317 A380 |
||||||||
| LHR 10:40 |
SIN 07:50* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:10 | |||||||||
|
SQ319 A380 |
||||||||
| LHR 20:35 |
SIN 17:40* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:05 | |||||||||
* Next day
Singapore – London Heathrow
5th February 2026 – 4th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ318 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 12:45 |
LHR 19:10 |
||||||||
| Duration: 14:25 | |||||||||
|
SQ322 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 23:25 |
LHR 05:55* |
||||||||
| Duration: 14:30 | |||||||||
* Next day
London Heathrow – Singapore
5th February 2026 – 4th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ317 A380 |
||||||||
| LHR 10:40 |
SIN 07:50* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:10 | |||||||||
|
SQ321 A380 |
||||||||
| LHR 21:45 |
SIN 19:00* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:15 | |||||||||
* Next day
Singapore – London Heathrow
5th March 2026 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ308 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 09:00 |
LHR 15:20 |
||||||||
| Duration: 14:20 | |||||||||
|
SQ322 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 23:25 |
LHR 05:55* |
||||||||
| Duration: 14:30 | |||||||||
* Next day
London Heathrow – Singapore
5th March 2026 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ317 A380 |
||||||||
| LHR 10:40 |
SIN 07:50* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:10 | |||||||||
|
SQ319 A380 |
||||||||
| LHR 20:35 |
SIN 17:40* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:05 | |||||||||
* Next day
(Photo: Heathrow Airport Limited)
Non-A380 SIA flights on the London route
- SIA operates up to four times daily to and from London, using 777-300ER aircraft on its non-A380 services.
- SIA also operates daily between Singapore and London Gatwick Airport, using Airbus A350 LH aircraft.
🇮🇳 Mumbai
The Singapore – Mumbai route sees SIA Airbus A380 operation on a daily basis for both the remainder of the current summer season and the upcoming winter 2025/26 season.
Here’s how the schedule looks.
Singapore – Mumbai
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ424 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 19:00 |
BOM 22:10 |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:40 | |||||||||
Mumbai – Singapore
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ423 A380 |
||||||||
| BOM 23:40 |
SIN 07:40* |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:30 | |||||||||
* Next day
Singapore – Mumbai
26th October 2025 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ424 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 18:50 |
BOM 21:50 |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:30 | |||||||||
Mumbai – Singapore
26th October 2025 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ423 A380 |
||||||||
| BOM 23:35 |
SIN 07:30* |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:25 | |||||||||
* Next day
Non-A380 SIA flights on the Mumbai route
- SQ422/421 operates daily alongside the A380 service shown above, using 787-10 aircraft.
🇨🇳 Shanghai
Singapore Airlines is bringing the Airbus A380 back to its Shanghai route from 1st February 2026 through to the end of the northern winter season on 28th March 2026.
Here’s how the short-term Shanghai A380 schedule looks this winter.
Singapore – Shanghai
1st February 2026 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ830 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 09:20 |
PVG 14:35 |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:15 | |||||||||
Shanghai – Singapore
1st February 2026 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ833 A380 |
||||||||
| PVG 16:25 |
SIN 22:15 |
||||||||
| Duration: 05:50 | |||||||||
Non-A380 SIA flights on the Shanghai route
- SIA operates up to five times daily to and from Shanghai this winter, using a mixture of A350 MH, A350 LH, A380, 787-10 and 777-300ER aircraft. See our Business Class seats by route page for details.
🇦🇺 Sydney
SIA’s Singapore – Sydney route boasts two daily Airbus A380 options, with both SQ221/232 and SQ231/222 featuring the superjumbo.
This arrangement continues for the northern winter 2025/26 season.
Here’s how SIA’s Sydney Airbus A380 schedules look.
Singapore – Sydney
Now – 25th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ231 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 00:45 |
SYD 10:25^^ |
||||||||
| Duration: 07:40 | |||||||||
|
SQ221 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 20:20 |
SYD 05:55*^ |
||||||||
| Duration: 07:35 | |||||||||
* Next day
^ 1 hour later from 5th October 2025 (due to Daylight Saving Time)
^^ 1 hour later from 4th October 2025 (due to Daylight Saving Time)
Sydney – Singapore
Now – 26th October 2025
| NS25 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ232 A380 |
||||||||
| SYD 11:00^ |
SIN 17:30 |
||||||||
| Duration: 08:30 | |||||||||
|
SQ222 A380 |
||||||||
| SYD 15:00^ |
SIN 21:20 |
||||||||
| Duration: 08:20 | |||||||||
^ 1 hour later from 5th October 2025 (due to Daylight Saving Time)
Singapore – Sydney
26th October 2025 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ231 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 00:45 |
SYD 11:50 |
||||||||
| Duration: 08:05 | |||||||||
|
SQ221 A380 |
||||||||
| SIN 20:40 |
SYD 07:40* |
||||||||
| Duration: 08:00 | |||||||||
* Next day
Sydney – Singapore
27th October 2025 – 28th March 2026
| NW25/26 | Days | ||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
SQ232 A380 |
||||||||
| SYD 12:15 |
SIN 17:35 |
||||||||
| Duration: 08:20 | |||||||||
|
SQ222 A380 |
||||||||
| SYD 16:10 |
SIN 21:20 |
||||||||
| Duration: 08:10 | |||||||||
Non-A380 SIA flights on the Sydney route
- SIA operates four times daily to and from Sydney, using A350 LH and 777-300ER aircraft on its non-A380 services. See our Business Class seats by route page for details.
KrisFlyer award pricing
Here are the one-way KrisFlyer award rates on these Singapore Airlines A380 services.
Singapore Airlines A380 routes
One-way KrisFlyer award rates
(redemptions till 31 Oct 2025)
x 1,000
| Singapore to/from |
Saver | Advantage | |||||
| Y | PY | J | F | Y | J | F | |
| Delhi | 20 | 34.5 | 43 | 58.5 | 37 | 65 | 98 |
| Mumbai | |||||||
| Shanghai | 21.5 | 34.5 | 43 | 58.5 | 40 | 65 | 98 |
| Auckland | 30.5 | 51 | 68.5 | 93.5 | 55 | 90 | 155 |
| Sydney | |||||||
| Frankfurt | 42 | 71 | 103.5 | 141 | 70 | 128.5 | 228 |
| London | |||||||
As you can see, the cheapest way to experience the A380’s cabin products this winter is between Singapore and India. Both Delhi and Mumbai are competitively priced, and often have good award availability, even in Suites and Business Class.
Shanghai is also identically priced in the premium cabins, though the opportunity to redeem on this route is a bit more limited with operation only in February and March 2026.
(Photo: MainlyMiles)
It probably won’t have escaped your attention that Singapore Airlines is devaluing its KrisFlyer award chart for bookings made from 1st November 2025 onwards, as we recently reported.
For A380 flights, here’s how award pricing changes for bookings made from 1st November 2025 onwards. For waitlisted flights, if your waitlist clears on or after this date, the new rate will apply, regardless of when you first joined the waitlist.
Singapore Airlines A380 routes
One-way KrisFlyer award rates
(redemptions from 1 Nov 2025)
x 1,000
| Singapore to/from |
Saver | Advantage | |||||
| Y | PY | J | F | Y | J | F | |
| Delhi | 19 |
36 |
45 |
61.5 |
40.5 |
75 |
112.5 |
| Mumbai | |||||||
| Shanghai | 20.5 |
36 |
45 |
61.5 |
44 |
75 |
112.5 |
| Auckland | 29 |
53.5 |
72 |
98 |
60.5 |
103.5 |
178.5 |
| Sydney | |||||||
| Frankfurt | 44 |
74.5 |
108.5 |
148 |
79 |
141.5 |
259.5 |
| London | |||||||
As you can see, aside from a few mileage reductions for Saver Economy Class awards on shorter routes, it’s broadly a devaluation of 5-15% in store.
SIA’s Airbus A380 fleet
Singapore Airlines reduced its fleet of Airbus A380s from 19 before the pandemic down to 12 aircraft.
All of the dozen A380s returning to operation have the new 2017 cabin products installed, and while all 12 of the jets are now part of the airline’s operating fleet, at the time of writing only nine SIA superjumbos are in service, with three undergoing maintenance work, as outlined below.
Singapore Airlines A380 Fleet
(as of 13th September 2025)
 |
|||
| Registration | Cabin Refit |
Re-entered Service* |
Current Status |
| 9V-SKM | 18 Nov 2020 | 11 Nov 2021 | In Service |
| 9V-SKN | 30 Jun 2020 | 2 Dec 2021 | In Service |
| 9V-SKP | 28 Nov 2023 | 7 Dec 2023 | In Service |
| 9V-SKQ | 7 Oct 2022 | 16 Oct 2022 | In Service |
| 9V-SKR | 23 Dec 2021 | 19 Jan 2022 | In Service |
| 9V-SKS | 20 Jun 2019 | 19 Nov 2021 | In Maintenance |
| 9V-SKT | 26 Nov 2019 | 18 Apr 2023 | In Maintenance |
| 9V-SKU | From new | 4 Nov 2021 | In Service |
| 9V-SKV | From new | 5 Nov 2021 | In Service |
| 9V-SKW | From new | 17 Feb 2022 | In Service |
| 9V-SKY | From new | 26 Dec 2021 | In Service |
| 9V-SKZ | From new | 3 May 2022 | In Maintenance |
* Post-COVID-19 grounding
Even once Shanghai services start from February 2026, only nine A380s are needed to operate the airline’s superjumbo schedule through to the end of March 2025, with an tenth as an operational spare suggesting that at least two A380s will continue to be out of action for most if not all of the next six months.
This will probably happen on a rotating basis, as maintenance checks become due for specific aircraft in the fleet.
(Photo: Duc Huy Nguyen / Shutterstock)
A380 cabin products
The A380 is popular with passengers in all cabin classes, but in particular it’s the latest Suites and Business Class seats rolled out in 2017 that are still a big draw for many of our readers.
(Photo: Agent Wolf / Shutterstock)
There’s also a large 44-seat Premium Economy Class section, in the space the Suites cabin used to occupy in the older configuration, at the forward main deck.
The A380s also feature the latest KrisWorld in-flight entertainment system and Wi-Fi connectivity – now free and unlimited for all Suites and Business Class passengers, and for KrisFlyer members in Premium Economy and Economy Class.
Here are our reviews of the Suites (double bed) and Business Class cabins on these A380s.
What about 29th March 2026 onwards?
Singapore Airlines is already loading Airbus A380 operation on its network for the northern summer 2026 season from 29th March 2026 onwards, but there’s a big caveat here.
This is usually just a copy-paste of the previous winter season operation, and so isn’t necessarily indicative of the actual aircraft types that will operate on these routes at this early stage.
Some A380 routes are a sure bet, like SIA’s twice daily flights to Sydney and London. But beyond that, the airline has flexibility to reshuffle its superjumbo network – and as we’ve seen in recent years, even staple routes like London and Sydney can see temporary cuts.
Nonetheless the airline has been programming some changes for A380 operation next summer already, including daily Hong Kong flights from late June to late July 2026, and daily Shanghai services from May 2026 onwards.
The following summer 2026 flights are currently planned for A380 operation at the time of writing:
- Delhi (SQ406/403)
Except 21st June 2026 – 25th July 2026 (77W operates) - Frankfurt (SQ326/325)
- Hong Kong (SQ892/893)
21st June 2026 – 25th July 2026 only - London Heathrow (SQ308/319 and SQ322/317)
- Mumbai (SQ424/423)
Except 26th July 2026 – 29th August 2026 (77W operates) - Shanghai (SQ830/833)
From 1st May 2026 - Sydney (SQ231/222 and SQ221/232)
We tend to get more clarity on the final summer season schedules and aircraft allocation by around January, so don’t rely too much on the aircraft types listed beyond 29th March 2026 until then, though the latest announced A380 changes should stick.
Summary
Singapore Airlines is operating its Airbus A380s to four cities on a consistent basis between now and late March 2026; London, Sydney, Delhi and Mumbai.
However, there are also flights to Shanghai from February 2026, while Frankfurt makes way for Auckland on the superjumbo’s roster from mid-January 2026.
The winter 2025/26 season represents a modest recovery for Singapore Airlines’ A380 operations, with 112 weekly flights compared to 98 this summer, though still below the 126 weekly flights we saw back in January 2024.
The airline’s maintenance challenges that previously kept up to four aircraft grounded simultaneously appear to be improving, with only three of the 12-strong fleet currently out of service.
Looking ahead to summer 2026, early scheduling suggests potential expansion with daily Hong Kong services planned for the peak June-July period and year-round Shanghai operations from May 2026.
However, KrisFlyer award devaluations take effect from 1st November 2025, making current bookings particularly attractive for premium cabin redemptions, especially on those competitively-priced India and Shanghai routes.
(Cover Photo: T J Darmstadt)
I wonder if SQ wishes it had kept more of its A380s coming out of the pandemic. So many airlines got rid of or downsized their A380 fleet in such haste and now wish they had more capacity.