Singapore Airlines has announced the progressive increase of frequencies on flights between Singapore and major European destinations. These include Manchester, Milan, Munich and London Gatwick. It comes to meet the strong demand on these routes and enhance connectivity options at its Singapore hub.
These additional services will allow Business Class passengers an alternative option to get to Europe. View our Singapore Airlines Business Class deal to Europe.
The airline will launch five-times-weekly services to Madrid via Barcelona on 26 October 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. It will reconstruct its current twice-weekly Singapore-Barcelona services, SQ388 and SQ387, to operate on the route, making Madrid the airline’s 14th destination in Europe and its second in Spain.
From 13 July 2026, the Singapore-Manchester services, SQ302 and SQ301, will increase from five-times weekly to daily. Currently, they operate Singapore-London Gatwick services three times a week (SQ314 and SQ313). It will increase to daily from 25 October 2026. This will give Singapore Airlines two daily services to the airport, and six flights a day to London after including the four daily services to London Heathrow.
The airline's Singapore-Milan services, SQ356 and SQ355, will increase from four-times weekly to daily also from 25 October 2026. Singapore-Milan-Barcelona services, SQ378 and SQ377, will be cancelled from 27 October 2026 following the launch of the new Singapore-Barcelona-Madrid service.
Singapore Airlines will also launch a three-times weekly Singapore-Munich service, SQ340 and SQ339, from 26 October 2026, bringing its total to 10 weekly services to the German city.
All flights are subject to regulatory approvals and aircraft deployment may vary due to operational reasons.
The inaugural flight to Madrid, SQ388, is scheduled to depart Singapore at 11.30pm and arrive in Barcelona at 6.40am the following day. Depart Barcelona at 7.40am and arrive in Madrid at 8.50am the same day.
The return flight, SQ387, is scheduled to depart Madrid at 10:00am, arrive in Barcelona at 11:15am, depart Barcelona at 12:35pm the same day, and arrive in Singapore at 8:25am the next day. All times are listed in local time.
Singapore Airlines will operate its Airbus A350-900 long-haul variant with 253 seats (42 in Business Class) on the Singapore-Barcelona-Madrid route. Read our Singapore Airlines A350 Business Class review to learn more about the product.
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