This brings the number of cities approved for transit flights through Singapore to 19

Singapore Airlines has begun allowing transit passengers originating from select European cities since Monday (29 Jun).

The approved cities are: London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. The airline group has also approved Taipei earlier this month, for passengers travelling on Scoot to and from the Chinese city.

Singapore Airlines and Silkair customers travelling from these cities will now be able to connect through Singapore onwards to other destinations within the SIA, Silkair or Scoot network, if the tickets are booked on a single ticket.

In line with the existing policies, customers will only be able to book return tickets provided both the origin and destination cities are on the approved list of cities for transit flights.

For instance, if you are travelling between Sydney and Frankfurt, you can now book return tickets from either cities. However, if you are travelling from Frankfurt to Bangkok, you can only book a one-way ticket.

Latest list of approved cities for transit flights

As of 29 Jun, the following cities are approved for transit flights via Singapore:

As of 23 Jun, these are the approved cities of origin where passengers are allowed to transit via Changi:

Country	City	Served by
Australia	Adelaide	Singapore Airlines
	Brisbane	Singapore Airlines
	Melbourne	Singapore AIrlines
	Perth	Scoot
	Sydney	Singapore Airlines
China	Chongqing	Silkair
	Guangzhou	Scoot
	Shanghai	Singapore Airlines
	Hong Kong SAR	Singapore Airlines / Scoot
Denmark (New)	Copenhagen	Singapore Airlines
Germany (New)	Frankfurt	Singapore Airlines
Japan	Osaka	Singapore Airlines
	Tokyo-Narita	Singapore Airlines
South Korea	Seoul-Incheon	Singapore Airlines
New Zealand	Auckland	Singapore Airlines
	Christchurch	Singapore Airlines
Taiwan (New)	Taipei	Scoot
The Netherlands (New)	Amsterdam	Singapore Airlines
United Kingdom (New)	London-Heathrow	Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines and Silkair operations in July

Singapore Airlines and Silkair will be operating to 28 cities in July 2020, with some adjustments to frequencies to some cities.

Scoot has also commenced services to Taipei and Surabaya, adding on to the list of cities that the airline group is now serving.

Final thoughts

The expansion of approved list of countries for transit flights via Singapore is definitely an encouraging view, even as the world still approaches international travel cautiously given the coronavirus situation.

This will held to bring back some of the traffic through Singapore, as airlines wait this pandemic out and start positioning themselves for mass market travel down the road.

For now, it’s only a waiting game.