Slight increase over June’s operations, but still down 94% from last year

Singapore Airlines and Silkair has updated its July flight schedules, operating to a total of 27 cities across 18 countries/territories. While this is no change from June, there are some favourable developments, including the commencement of transit traffic from select countries.

Singapore Airlines schedule

Singapore Airlines has not announced any ‘new’ destinations that it will be serving in July, but some notable observations for July schedules are as follow:

• Auckland now sees three flights a week, up from two in the month of June
• Flights to Manila are now possible, albeit only two services in the month of July
• Scoot has resumed a weekly service to Taipei, and also planned some ad-hoc services to Surabaya towards the end of July

[Update 8 July] Silkair has removed its earlier planned services to Cebu, while Singapore Airlines will be commencing twice-weekly flights to Paris from 15 July. In addition, passengers will not be accepted on flights from Singapore to Melbourne due to government restrictions, although these flights are still operating.

The full schedules for Singapore Airlines for July are as follow:

• Southeast Asia
• North Asia
• Southwest Pacific
• Europe
• USA

Southeast Asia

Sector	Flight no.	Days operating	Dep	Arr	Duration	Aircraft
Singapore – Kuala Lumpur	SQ104	Mon, Wed, Fri	0830	0930	1h	A350-900
Kuala Lumpur – Singapore	SQ105	Mon, Wed, Fri	1025	1135	1h 10m	A350-900
Singapore – Bangkok	SQ976	Mon, Fri, Sun	1600	1725	2h 25m	B787-10
Bangkok – Singapore	SQ979	Mon, Fri, Sun	1830	2155	2h 25m	B787-10
Singapore – Jakarta	SQ966	Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun	1830	1920	1h 50m	A350-900
Jakarta – Singapore	SQ967	Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun	2015	2305	1h 50m	A350-900
Singapore – Manila	SQ910	Tue	0930	1305	3h 35m	A350-900
Manila – Singapore	SQ917	Tue, Fri	1415	1755	3h 40m	A350-900
Hanoi – Singapore	SQ175	Fri	1235	1705	3h 30m	B787-10
Ho Chi Minh City – Singapore	SQ177	Mon, Thu	1230	1530	2h	B787-10

North Asia

Sector	Flight no.	Days operating	Dep	Arr	Duration	Aircraft
Singapore – Seoul	SQ600	Wed, Sat	0800	1535	6h 35m	A350-900
Seoul – Singapore	SQ609	Wed, Sat	1645	2200	6h 15m	A350-900
Singapore – Tokyo Narita	SQ638	Thu, Sat, Sun	0025	0830	7h 5m	B787-10
Tokyo Narita – Singapore	SQ637	Thu, Sat, Sun	1010	1620	7h 10m	B787-10
Singapore – Osaka Kansai	SQ622	(From 12 Jun) Fri	1430	2210	6h 40m	A350-900
Osaka Kansai	SQ623	(From 12 Jun) Fri	2325	0440(+1)	6h 15m	A350-900
Singapore – Shanghai	SQ830	Mon	0930	1505	5h 35m	B787-10
Shanghai – Singapore	SQ833	Mon	1650	2220	5h 30m	B787-10
Singapore – Hong Kong	SQ890	(from 10 Jun) Wed, Thu, Sat	0725	1120	3h 55m	B787-10
Hong Kong – Singapore	SQ891	(from 10 Jun) Wed, Thu, Sat	1225	1620	3h 55m	B787-10

Southwest Pacific

Sector	Flight no.	Days operating	Dep	Arr	Duration	Aircraft
Singapore – Adelaide	SQ279	Mon	2340	0755(+1)	6h 45m	A350-900
Adelaide – Singapore	SQ278	Tue	0910	1510	7h 30m	A350-900
Singapore – Brisbane (via Sydney)	SQ288	Tue, Fri	0935	2155	10h 20m (incl. 1 stop)	A350-900
Brisbane – Singapore	SQ288	Tue, Fri	2300	0500+(1)	8h	A350-900
Singapore – Melbourne	SQ237	20, 27 Jul	2355	0920(+1)	7h 25m	A350-900
	SQ217	17, 24, 31 Jul	1110	2035	7h 25m	A350-900
Melbourne – Singapore	SQ238	Tue	2350	0545(+1)	7h 55m	A350-900
	SQ218	Sat	0935	1525	7h 50m	A350-900
Singapore – Sydney	SQ231	Mon, Wed, Sun	0045	1025	7h 40m	A350-900
	SQ288	Tue, Fri	0935	1915	7h 40m	A350-900
Sydney -Singapore	SQ232	Mon, Tue, Thu	1210	1840	8h 30m	A350-900
Sydney – Singapore (via Brisbane)	SQ288	Tue, Fri	2025	0500	10h 35m (incl. 1 stop)	A350- 900
Singapore – Auckland	SQ285	Tue	0005	1340	9h 35m	A350-900
	SQ281	Wed, Fri	0845	2220	9h 35m	A350-900
Auckland – Singapore	SQ282	Wed	2320	0610(+1)	10h 50m	A350-900
	SQ286	Thu, Sat	1515	2205	10h 50m	A350-900
Singapore – Christchurch	SQ297	Sun	2300	1240(+1)	9h 40m	A350-900
Christchurch – Singapore	SQ298	Tue	0900	1550	10h 50m	A350-900

Europe

Sector	Flight no.	Days operating	Dep	Arr	Duration	Aircraft
Singapore – London	SQ322	Tue, Thu, Sat	2330	0555(+1)	13h 25m	A350-900
London – Singapore	SQ317	Mon, Thu, Sat	1125	0730(+1)	13h 5m	A350-900
Singapore – Frankfurt	SQ26	Tue, Thu, Sat	2355	0645(+1)	12h 50m	A350-900
Frankfurt – Singapore	SQ25	Mon, Thu, Sat	1230	0650(+1)	12h 20m	A350-900
Singapore – Zurich	SQ346	Wed, Fri, Sun	0125	0815	12h 50m	A350-900
Zurich – Singapore	SQ345	Mon, Thu, Sat	1145	0555(+1)	12h 10m	A350-900
Singapore – Amsterdam	SQ324	Tue, Sat	2355	0715(+1)	13h 20m	A350-900
Amsterdam – Singapore	SQ323	Mon, Thu	1115	0555(+1)	12h 40m	A350-900
Singapore – Barcelona	SQ388	Thu	2335	0655(+1)	13h 20m	A350-900
Barcelona – Singapore	SQ387	Sat	1205	0700(+1)	12h 55m	A350-900
Singapore – Copenhagen	SQ352	Thu	2350	0625(+1)	12h 35m	A350-900
Cophenhagen – Singapore	SQ351	Sat	1220	0620(+1)	12h	A350-900
(Updated 8 Jul) Singapore – Paris	SQ336	(w.e.f 15 Jul) Wed, Fri	0015	0735	13h 20m	A350-900
(Updated 8 Jul) Paris Singapore	SQ335	(w.e.f 16 Jul) Thu, Sat	1200	0650(+1)	12h 50m	A350-900

USA

Sector	Flight no.	Days operating	Dep	Arr	Duration	Aircraft
Singapore – Los Angeles	SQ38	Wed, Fri, Sun	1940	2035	15h 55m	A350-900
Los Angeles – Singapore	SQ37	Mon, Wed, Sat	0005	0815(+1)	17h 10m	A350-900

Silkair schedule

Silkair has retained the same load of flights, serving Chongqing, Kuala Lumpur and Medan.

[Update 8 July] Flights to Cebu was originally planned, but subsequently cancelled.

Sector	Flight no.	Days operating	Dep	Arr	Duration	Aircraft
Singapore – Chongqing	MI972	Mon	0700	1135	4h 35m	B737-800
Chongqing – Singapore	MI971	Mon	1235	1730	4h 55m	B737-800
Singapore – Kuala Lumpur	MI324	Sat, Sun	0830	0930	1h	B737-800
Kuala Lumpur – Singapore	MI323	Sat, Sun	1025	1125	1h	B737-800
Singapore – Medan	MI234	Tue, Thu	0740	0800	1h 20m	B737-800
Medan – Singapore	MI233	Tue, Thu	0845	1105	1h 20m	B737-800

Scoot’s schedule for July

Scoot has further expanded its operations for July, adding the following cities to its fold:

• Surabaya
• Taipei

While these have been provisionally planned, Scoot has been known to adjust its schedules at the very last minute, most notably reducing its flights to Malaysia in June.

Final thoughts

This expanded schedule, while promising, is still a 94% reduction of its previously planned July schedule.

With transit arrangements now in place for 14 countries, it is expected that Singapore Airlines will continue to make progress on that front, even as it gradually expands the number of destinations it serves.

I’m also keen to see which other countries Singapore will set up travel ‘green lanes’ or ‘travel bubbles’, and hopefully bring back some level of leisure travel in the near term.