Singapore Airlines Boosts Flights to Australia

Singapore Airlines will add an additional 26 weekly flights to and from Australia over summer. This will mean that Singapore Airlines will operate 20 flights per day from Australia to Singapore during the busy December and January travel period!

Later this year, Singapore Airlines will add extra seasonal flights from Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth to Singapore. Melbourne will also get a permanent fifth weekly flight.

The increased capacity is great news for Australian travellers because more capacity means more pressure on airfares. It comes after Qantas also recently announced a large increase to its international flying, which will take effect from late October 2023.

It’s particularly good news for Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer members, who also now have even more flights available to book using KrisFlyer miles.

Singapore Airlines generally has among the best award availability of any airline flying to or from Australia. You can often find multiple Business Class reward seats on a choice of Singapore Airlines flights when booking with KrisFlyer miles, particularly when travelling outside of school holidays or booking well in advance. This makes Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles a very attractive points currency for Australians.

New Singapore Airlines flights from late 2023

Here’s a summary of the new Singapore Airlines flights being added to the Australian schedule from November 2023…

Melbourne to Singapore

Singapore Airlines will extend its A380 service into Melbourne until 21 November 2023 (previously late October). From 22 November, that service will be changed to an Airbus A350 but a fifth daily A350 service will also be permanently added between Singapore and Melbourne:

• SQ248 Melbourne 07:10 – Singapore 11:50
• SQ247 Singapore 19:30 – Melbourne 05:55 (+1 day)

From 22 November 2023, the Airbus A380 that was being used on the Melbourne-Singapore route will be redeployed to Auckland.

Sydney to Singapore

From 2 December 2023 until 14 January 2024, the following extra daily service will fly between Singapore and Sydney:

• SQ262 Sydney 06:45 – Singapore 11:55
• SQ261 Singapore 19:05 – Sydney 05:55 (+1 day)

This will bring the total number of daily Singapore Airlines flights on this route to five.

Brisbane to Singapore

The following extra A350 flights will run between 1 December 2023 and 13 January 2024 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays:

• SQ266 Brisbane 18:10 – Singapore 00:05 (+1 day)
• SQ265 Singapore 07:15 – Brisbane 16:55

Perth to Singapore

These extra A350 flights will operate on the Perth-Singapore route between 24 November 2023 and 14 January 2024 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays:

• SQ226 Perth 14:10 – Singapore 19:30
• SQ213 Singapore 07:40 – Perth 12:55

Adelaide to Singapore

An extra four weekly A350 flights will serve the Adelaide-Singapore route from 2 December 2023 until 21 January 2024 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays:

• SQ276 Adelaide 18:35 – Singapore 22:55
• SQ277 Singapore 08:05 – Adelaide 17:20

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