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Singapore Airlines and Scoot will increase flights to Asian destinations after Jetstar Asia scheduled to stop its operations on 31 Jul. Jetstar Asia operated 180 weekly services at Changi Airport and carried 2.3 million passengers in 2024, 3% of Changi Airport’s traffic. Scoot will launch new flights to Okinawa in Japan (4x weekly) and Labuan Bajo (2x weekly) and Medan (daily) in Indonesia sometime between Oct 2025 and Mar 2026. Scoot also plans to; Increase its flights to Bangkok in Aug to 39 flights per week from the current 35 flights, and from 26 Oct, it will increase the flights to 42 flights a week Increase flights to Penang to 28 flights per week from the current 21 flights Increase flights to Clark, the Philippines, from 5 per week to 7 Will use Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets with bigger capacity for half of its 14 flights per week to Manila Singapore Airlines will increase its Singapore-Manila flights to 35 per week from 28 flights. SIA and Scoot will add flights to another 5 cities in Asia between 26 Oct 2025 to 28 Mar 2026. SIA will operate 10 flights per week to the Colombo route, an increase from 7 flights per week 70 flights to Jakarta, up from 63 flights 42 flights to Phuket, up from 30-35 per week Larger aircraft to Bali Scoot will operate more flights to Bali, Jakarta, Phuket and Surabaya between 26 Oct 2025-28 Mar 2026. SIA Group is exploring employment opportunities within the airline group for retrenched staff from Jetstar Asia. Jetstar Asia will cancel flights to Krabi, Medan, and Penang. The airline will cut flights to Bali, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Phuket from 16 Jun. Changi Airport Group (CAG) said 12 out of 16 routes affected by Jetstar Asia’s closure are served by 18 other airlines offering more than 1,000 weekly flights. CAG will work with other airlines to fill the gap

Jetstar Asia staff expressed disappointment with the sudden closure of the airline, but they said the company is offering various support, such as severance packages and assistance to find new jobs. The management hosted a town hall at Changi Airport Terminal 1 and explained the reason for the closure

Singapore Airlines Group will create positions for 100 retrenched Jetstar Asia pilots, and 200 retrenched cabin crew, saying that it is aiming to support as many impacted Jetstar Asia staff as possible

Singapore Airlines saw its stocks fall to a low of 2.1% vs 12 Jun after an Air India plane crashed. The airline holds a 25.1% state in Air India

Jetstar Asia’s closure will be difficult for budget-conscious travellers. The airline’s share in Changi Airport is 3%. Jetstar Asia’s absence will cut flight connections to destinations like Okinawa in Japan, Wuxi in China, Labuan Bajo in Indonesia, and Broome in Australia, since it’s the only airline offering direct flights to these destinations from Singapore. Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced that it will work with other airlines to restore connectivity. Jetstar Asia cited higher airport fees, aviation charges, and strong competition as reasons for the closure. Moving Jetstar’s operation to Terminal 4 from Terminal 1 in Mar 2023 has made it difficult for connecting passengers to transfer to Qantas or its partner airlines, and the airport fee increase in Nov 2024 also impacted its ability to offer low fares. The fee will increase from $1,200 SGD per landing before Apr 2025 to $1,725 SGD in Apr 2030. An OAG Aviation Official said, “Singapore has become a high-cost environment for a low-cost carrier”

Western Australia indigenous operators are disappointed that flights between Singapore and Broome will stop with the announcement of Jetstar Asia’s closure, noting that it will “significantly impact tourism in the Kimberley region”

Qantas will close its Singapore-based budget airline, Jetstar Asia, due to increasing supplier costs, higher airport fees, and strong competition with low-cost carriers. The airline will continue flights for the next 7 weeks before ceasing its operations on 31 Jul. Jetstar Asia will offer full refunds for cancelled flights and will look to accommodate passengers on other airlines if possible. Jetstar Asia will lay off 500 people, and they will be offered redundancy benefits and employment support services. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union (SMMWU) will work closely with Jetstar Asia’s management to negotiate for retrenched workers. Jetstar’s 16 routes involving destinations like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Sri Lanka, Japan, and Australia will be affected. Qantas will redirect 13 Jetstar Asia’s aircraft to Australia and New Zealand. Qantas CEO said Jetstar Asia saw up to a 200% increase in supplier costs. The closure will cost $175 million AUD and will free $500 million AUD in capital for Qantas to invest in its fleet renewal plans. Jetstar Asia is expected to post $35 million AUD in losses before interest and taxes in the current financial year

Jetstar Asia will offer 4 weeks’ salary for its retrenched staff for every year they have worked with the airline. More than 500 retrenched staff will also receive a bonus payment for the financial year of 2025, a special thank you payment, and continued access to staff travel benefits for a period equivalent to their tenure. Jetstar Asia’s spokesperson said they will support the staff by providing redundancy benefits, career transition support, and job opportunities in the Qantas Group or with other airlines. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union (SMMWU) Secretary General is working with the management to negotiate on behalf of the workers. The Taskforce for Responsible Retrenchment and Employment Facilitation is working with the airline and SMMWU to support the employees. SMMWU and the National Trades Union Congress’ (NTUC) Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) are working with Jetstar Asia to offer job matching support for affected workers

Singapore Airlines will use generative AI to speed up digital product development after completing a pilot project in collaboration with PALO IT. The airlines tested Gen-e2, an AI-first software development methodology developed by PALO IT. The trial embeds GitHub Copilot software development lifecycle to help software engineers write code faster and with fewer errors. The team managed to complete website feature development in 5 weeks, shorter than the usual 9 weeks using traditional practices

Singapore Airlines will reduce flight frequency to London Heathrow by 25% for the 18 Jan-4 Mar 2026 period. The airline will offer 21 weekly flights instead of 28 flights, but will maintain its Airbus A380 at 14 daily flights

Changi Airport Group (CAG) awarded a contract worth $999 million SGD for the construction of underground tunnels at Terminal 5 of Changi Airport to Penta-Ocean Construction and Koh Brothers Building and Civil Engineering Contractor (KBCE). The tunnel will house people-mover systems, baggage-handling systems, and a service tunnel

Singapore Airlines is offering job positions to 100 Air India pilots in Scoot with an opportunity to train on Embraer aircraft, which is currently not part of the Air India fleet. Air India, nominating qualified captains and first officers for voluntary postings in Scoot for a 1-2 year tenure. Singapore Airlines transported 2.4 million passengers between India and Singapore in fiscal year 2025, and 65% of the passengers transited through Singapore to Southeast Asia and Oceania

Singapore Airlines will resume daily Airbus A380 service to Auckland from 18 Jan-28 Mar 2026. Singapore Airlines will downgrade its Singapore-Frankfurt service from A380 to Boeing 777-300ER but increase flight frequency to an additional 6 flights per week

Singapore and France will work together in civil aviation to improve connectivity between both countries. In 2024, there were 583,000 passenger movements between Singapore and Paris, +36% vs pre-pandemic levels of 430,000 passengers. In Q1 2025, passenger movement between Singapore and Paris exceeded 169,000. As of May 2025, Singapore Airlines and Air France operate 24 weekly passenger services between Singapore and Paris. Under the Enhanced Framework Agreement, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Direction Generale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC) will work on; Safety and security Air traffic management Environment Training and education Aviation innovation CAAS and DGAC will jointly offer an Advanced Master's in Air Transport Management for the Pacific Small Island Developing States through their respective training arms, the Singapore Aviation Academy and the Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile

Scoot launched Singapore-Vienna flights from 3 Jun with 3 per week services. Besides, Scoot announced additional flight frequency to: Iloilo City, from 2 to 4 flights per week from 6 Jun Koh Samui, from 21 to 25 flights from 24 Jun Cebu, from 7 to 10 flights from 24 Jun Jakarta, from 19 to 25 flights from 30 Mar Bali, 21 flights Taipei and Seoul via Taipei from 5 flights to daily flights from 2 Aug Perth, from 12 to 14 weekly flights from 4 Aug Sydney, from 10 to 14 flights from 5 Oct Davao, from 9 to 12 flights from 30 Aug

Vietjet launched its Singapore-Phu Quoc route from 30 May with 4 flights per week

Changi Airport Group has said that they are in the early stages of looking at resuming flights to Uzbekistan, which they say has “strong destination appeal”, and that Central Asia is a “growing region that CAG is looking at developing direct flights to”

IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced a partnership to improve business travel for SMEs. The partnership will combine IHG’s Business Edge and SIA’s HighFlyer business travel program to support the needs of SMEs

The Transport Ministry said the investigation of Singapore Airlines’ flight that experienced severe turbulence last year is not completed. The Ministry released an interim report which showed that the components of the aircraft’s weather radar system have been sent to the US for tests

Singapore Airlines is expected to get 8 new Boeing aircraft by 31 Mar 2026

Singapore Airlines will add an additional 46 return services between Christchurch-Singapore from 24 Nov 2025-12 Feb 2026, with 11 weekly flights. The flights will add 23,000 extra seats throughout the travel period

SIA Engineering signed a $1.3 billion SGD services agreement with Singapore Airlines and Scoot for MRO support

Uzbekistan Airports is exploring plans to launch direct flights from Tashkent to Singapore, after a delegation from Singapore’s Changi Airport met with them

Singapore Airlines’ Chief Commercial Officer said the airline recorded a surge in passenger traffic to China in the last 6 months. The load factor reached 80% in 2025 vs 70% in 2024. Singapore Airlines’ capacity to China recovered to pre-pandemic levels, but Scoot only reached 80% of pre-pandemic levels