Singapore Airlines is adding extra flights to Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Manchester, London and Munich, as its Europe load factors hit record levels amid Middle East tensions.
Earlier this month we reported on Singapore Airlines’ return to Madrid from October 2026, as an extension of the existing Barcelona service, but the airline also used the same announcement to confirm a string of frequency increases on other European routes.
There are additional flights on the cards for Manchester, Munich and London Gatwick set to be progressively added from July 2026.
Milan also benefits indirectly, with all seven weekly flights effectively gaining dedicated capacity once the Barcelona extension drops off in late October.
Frankfurt, meanwhile, is set for its first ever full winter season of 20-times-weekly service, though notably without the Airbus A380, which has now been pulled from the route in favour of three daily Boeing 777-300ER rotations on selected days.
Finally the most recently announced hike is for Amsterdam, during the latter part of the current summer season, and possibly beyond that.
Here’s a closer look at what’s changing.
Manchester: increasing to daily
The carrier’s Manchester service, currently operating five times weekly, will increase to daily (seven times weekly) from 13th July 2026.
Singapore Manchester
13 Jul 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
| SQ302 A350 LH |
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| SIN 02:10 |
MAN 09:15 |
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| Duration: 14:05 | |||||||||
| SQ301 A350 LH |
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| MAN 10:35 |
SIN 07:00* |
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| Duration: 13:25 | |||||||||
* Next day
– Additional flights
This daily schedule continues for the winter season from 25th October 2026, and for the summer 2027 season, with slight timing adjustments.
Over the years the carrier’s Manchester services have operated via cities including Brussels, Dubai, Athens, Zurich and Munich, before upgrading to non-stop in 2016 with a continuation to Houston, though SIA ended that portion of the route back in 2025.
(Photo: Bradley Caslin / Shutterstock)
With this increase to daily flights, it does seem as though SIA’s Manchester terminator service is standing up on its own commercially.
Milan: more capacity
Strictly speaking, Milan doesn’t gain any extra services as part of this Europe expansion, with Malpensa staying at its current single daily flight (seven per week).
What does change, though, is the makeup of those flights, which is why SIA called it out specifically in its recent announcement.
From 25th October 2026, all seven weekly Milan flights become dedicated SIN-MXP-SIN terminators on a permanent basis. Today, only four of the seven run that way, with the other three continuing onwards as SIN-MXP-BCN-MXP-SIN. Once Barcelona traffic shifts to the new BCN/MAD routing in late October, the Milan flights no longer need to share capacity with Barcelona-bound passengers.
The result is an increase in seats available for Milan customers across those three days each week, even though the flight count itself is unchanged.
Singapore Milan
25 Oct 2026 – 27 Mar 2027
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
| SQ356 A350 LH |
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| SIN 00:05 |
MXP 06:50 |
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| Duration: 13:45 | |||||||||
| SQ355 A350 LH |
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| MXP 12:35 |
SIN 07:30* |
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| Duration: 11:55 | |||||||||
* Next day
– No longer shares capacity with Barcelona
This isn’t an entirely new arrangement, it already happens each peak summer, including the upcoming 1st July to 6th September 2026 window, when Barcelona temporarily gets its own five times weekly SIN-BCN-SIN terminators and Milan gets a daily terminator pattern.
The difference from 25th October is that this setup becomes the year-round norm, rather than a seasonal one.
Munich: 10x weekly with a new daytime option
Munich will upgrade from daily service to 10 times weekly, with the three additional services operating on a new timing pattern, offering a daytime departure from Singapore and a late-night departure out of the Bavarian capital every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Here’s how the schedule looks, from 25th October 2026.
Singapore Munich
25 Oct 2026 – 27 Mar 2027
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
| SQ328 A350 LH |
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| SIN 00:25 |
MUC 06:40 |
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| Duration: 13:15 | |||||||||
| SQ340^ A350 LH |
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| SIN 12:55 |
MUC 19:10 |
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| Duration: 13:15 | |||||||||
| SQ327 A350 LH |
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| MUC 12:05 |
SIN 06:50* |
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| Duration: 11:45 | |||||||||
| SQ339^ A350 LH |
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| MUC 20:30 |
SIN 15:25* |
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| Duration: 11:55 | |||||||||
* Next day
^ SQ340/339 does not operate during February 2027
– Additional flights
This is a useful addition for passengers who’d rather not endure the existing late-night Singapore departure with early-morning Munich arrival, several hours before typical hotel check-in times, with the bonus of a late-night Munich departure on the return leg allowing for a full final day in the city.
Two scheduling quirks to note on this one:
- Munich drops back to one daily flight (SQ328/327) for the month of February 2027, probably to free up capacity for additional Chinese New Year (CNY) flights on regional routes, while demand to Europe tends to soften a little.
- The schedule then shows a further drop back to one daily flight (SQ328/327) from the start of the summer 2027 season on 28th March 2027. We expect this to be updated in due course as forward schedules are loaded.
London Gatwick: 14x weekly year-round
We already recently reported on Singapore Airlines’ move to double daily Gatwick operations through the peak summer 2026 season, during July and August.
The good news is that the 14 times weekly schedule will now become the norm from the winter season, with the increase from 10 per week to 14 per week effective permanently from 25th October 2026.
Here’s the winter schedule for the route.
Singapore London Gatwick
25 Oct 2026 – 27 Mar 2027
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
| SQ314^ A350 LH |
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| SIN 02:30 |
LGW 09:00 |
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| Duration: 14:30 | |||||||||
| SQ312 A350 LH |
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| SIN 23:55 |
LGW 06:25* |
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| Duration: 14:30 | |||||||||
| SQ309 A350 LH |
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| LGW 09:20 |
SIN 06:15* |
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| Duration: 12:55 | |||||||||
| SQ313^ A350 LH |
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| LGW 13:00 |
SIN 10:00* |
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| Duration: 13:00 | |||||||||
* Next day
^ SQ314/313 only operates Tue, Thu, Sat (3/wk) from 18 Jan 2027 to 14 Feb 2027
Alongside four times daily London Heathrow flights, this brings SIA’s daily total operation across both London airports to six services in each direction, a record level for the carrier.
It’s been an impressive ramp-up for Singapore Airlines at Gatwick, London’s second airport, after initially struggling to secure slots for a daily flight when operations commenced there back in June 2024 (settling for five services per week initially).
While additional slots at Heathrow would no doubt be SIA’s first choice, these are nearly impossible to obtain and this secondary option of Gatwick looks to be working very nicely for the airline.
(Photo: Gatwick Airport)
The carrier’s Gatwick schedule does drop back to 10 per week from 18th January 2027 to 14th February 2027, again most likely to release capacity for additional CNY flying on regional routes.
Beyond that, the schedule currently shows Gatwick returning to daily service (only seven per week) from the start of the summer 2027 season on 28th March 2027, but as with Munich we expect this will be updated later.
Frankfurt: 20x weekly all winter
Singapore Airlines didn’t mention Frankfurt in its recent update, but the route is set to see a significant frequency increase this coming winter season with practically three daily flights (except for Saturdays).
The downside is that the Airbus A380 will no longer operate on the route, as originally planned on SQ326/SQ325 from the start of the winter season on 25th October 2026 through to mid-January 2027. That flight will now be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER all season, so the additional flights are really designed to address the lost seat capacity.
Nonetheless that third daily rotation, operating six days a week, is now committed for the entire winter season, a nice upgrade for the route in its own right.
Singapore Frankfurt
25 Oct 2026 – 27 Mar 2027
* Next day
There are a few reductions to this schedule to note from late December 2026 to the end of January 2027:
- 29 Dec – 17 Jan: 18/wk (SQ330/329 on Mon & Wed do not operate)
- 18 Jan – 31 Jan: 14/wk (SQ330/329 not operating)
Nonetheless on many days this winter there will be three daily Frankfurt flights with a First Class cabin, instead of the usual two.
Amsterdam: 10x weekly later this season
SIA’s most recent announcement of a Europe frequency hike is for its Amsterdam route, which will upgrade from daily service to 10 times weekly.
As with Munich, the three additional services will be operating on a new timing pattern, offering a daytime departure from Singapore and a late evening departure from Europe.
Singapore Amsterdam
1 Aug 2026 – 22 Oct 2026
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
| SQ334 A350 LH |
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| SIN 11:10 |
AMS 18:35 |
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| Duration: 13:25 | |||||||||
| SQ324 777-300ER |
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| SIN 23:55 |
AMS 07:15* |
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| Duration: 13:20 | |||||||||
| SQ323 777-300ER |
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| AMS 10:20 |
SIN 05:30* |
||||||||
| Duration: 13:10 | |||||||||
| SQ333 A350 LH |
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| AMS 20:35 |
SIN 15:40* |
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| Duration: 13:05 | |||||||||
* Next day
– Additional flights
The city only recently upgraded from Airbus A350 Long Haul to Boeing 777-300ER operation, restoring First Class to the route for the first time in a decade, and while these additional flights won’t have First Class they do add both frequencies and capacity.
(Photo: Shutterstock)
Amsterdam returns to once daily Boeing 777-300ER operation from 23rd October 2026 through to the end of the published schedule, however the airline has said it is “committed to deepening connectivity to Amsterdam, and will seek opportunities to increase frequencies beyond October 2026”.
Why now?
Singapore Airlines reported its highest ever load factor on Europe flights for the month of March 2026, at 93.5%, compared to 79.7% in the same month a year earlier. April 2026 load factors softened a little to 87.7%, but that was still five percentage points higher compared to April 2025.
The shift is largely down to the ongoing Middle East conflict, which grounded or restricted many flights operated by the likes of Emirates and Qatar Airways.
Even now, the “ME3” carriers haven’t fully returned to their usual capacity, and some travellers are actively avoiding the region as a transit option, leaving Singapore Airlines with an unusually strong demand environment on its Europe network.
This frequency expansion looks very much like a strategic move from SIA to capitalise on that situation, while it lasts.
Redeeming KrisFlyer miles on Europe flights
All of these routes fall into Zone 11 (Europe) on the KrisFlyer award chart, with applicable rates shown below.
| KrisFlyer Redemption Rates One-Way Singapore ⇄ Europe |
||||
| Airline / Cabin | Saver | Advantage | Access | |
 |
Economy | 44,000 |
79,000 |
113,000 |
|
Premium Economy |
74,500 |
n/a |
107,000 to 131,500 |
|
Business | 108,500 |
141,500 |
182,500 to 291,500 |
|
First & Suites |
148,000 |
259,500 |
481,500 |
We’re seeing some encouraging Business Class Saver availability on a number of these new flights, so for those sitting on a healthy KrisFlyer miles balance, now could be a good time to lock in future Europe travel right through to May 2027.
Note that cash and award tickets on the carrier’s new Madrid flights are not yet available for booking, look out for those being loaded in June.
Highest ever Europe capacity
Overall, based on November 2026 schedules, SIA will serve 15 European airports from Changi Airport with a combined 134 flights each week, with an aggregate capacity for 37,449 passengers in each direction.
That’s 20% more flights and 14% more seats compared to June 2024, just two years ago.
Singapore Airlines Europe destinations
November 2026
| Destination | Frequency |
| Amsterdam | 7/wk |
| Barcelona | 5/wk |
| Brussels | 4/wk |
| Copenhagen | 7/wk |
| Frankfurt | 20/wk |
| Istanbul | 4/wk |
| London Gatwick | 14/wk |
| London Heathrow | 28/wk |
| Madrid | 5/wk |
| Manchester | 7/wk |
| Milan | 7/wk |
| Munich | 10/wk |
| Paris | 11/wk |
| Rome | 3/wk |
| Zurich | 7/wk |
Singapore Airlines is not only adding Madrid to its Europe network this year, but is also adding capacity on other routes.
Manchester goes daily, Munich gains a new daytime rotation three times per week, Gatwick is consolidating its double daily operation year-round, Frankfurt is getting a full winter of 20-times-weekly service, and Amsterdam upgrades to 10 times weekly at least through the latter part of the current summer season.
Milan, while not gaining extra flights, also picks up effective capacity as its Barcelona tag ends.
With Middle East airline capacity still below normal levels, SIA is reporting high load factors to and from Europe, making this look like an opportunistic but logical expansion – especially if the Middle East situation becomes prolonged.
For KrisFlyer members, the new flights also mean a fresh tranche of award inventory that may be worth locking in sooner rather than later for those with Europe trips planned over the next year.
(Cover Photo: Shutterstock)
