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Singapore Airlines will introduce its "next-generation long-haul cabin products, enhanced in-flight food and beverage offerings, a new KrisWorld in-flight entertainment system, and new amenity kits" in Nov 2026. The new products will be available on SIA’s 41 Airbus A350-900 aircraft and 20 Boeing 777-9 aircraft

Singapore will delay its introduction of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) levy for air cargo by another year to 1 Jan 2028, but will still introduce the SAF levy for passengers starting 1 Jan 2027, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). Those who purchase tickets from 1 Oct 2026 for flights leaving Singapore from 1 Jan 2027 will have to pay the SAF levy. This applies to general and business aviation flights. Passengers will have to pay the SAF levy ranging from $1-$41.60 SGD per ticket, based on their travel destination and travel class.

Air India has posted annual losses and is requesting $1.5 billion USD in fresh equity from its owners, Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA). SIA CEO said they knew it was going to be a “long game” when they started the joint venture with their partner Tata Sons to set up Vistara. SIA holds a 25.1% stake in Air India and remains committed to the long-term investment. SIA's commitment to Air India is due to India's huge aviation market and its fast-growing passenger traffic up 10-12% annually, which is projected to hit 1.1 billion by 2040. This allows SIA to access Air India's domestic network, traffic rights and airport slots that would be hard to replicate from scratch. Delhi and Mumbai could become major international connecting hubs, pulling traffic away from Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian rivals. Analysts are pointing out that SIA is betting on the future economics of Indian aviation rather than Air India's current financial status. SIA is playing a larger role, including appointing its own staff into Air India's operations, engineering and maintenance leadership. Air India has appointed a new CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, who previously made Ethiopian Airlines one of the largest and most profitable airlines in Africa

Temasek, Singapore Airline Group's majority shareholder, has backed the airline's investment in Air India amid growing scrutiny of the Singapore carrier's 25.1% stake in the loss-making Indian airline. Air India has requested approximately $1.5 billion USD in fresh equity from owners Tata Sons and SIA, following combined losses of $2.33 billion USD in the year to March. Temasek's joint head of portfolio development said the airline's transformation involved complex, multi-year operational challenges, and that "efforts of this scale take time and are not expected to be linear”

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is offering 2X daily round trips for its Tokyo/Narita–Singapore route from 1 Sep using a Boeing 787-9 aircraft, up from the current once daily. The extra service will continue throughout the winter schedule period

Singapore Airlines to adjust its flights for: - Singapore-Adelaide starting 28 Mar 2027, maintaining 12X weekly (up from up to 10X weekly in Northern Summer 2026), using a Boeing 787-10 - Singapore-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi starting 1 Oct 2027, aircraft changing from Boeing 787-10 to Airbus A350-900 - Singapore-Beijing Daxing starting 28 Mar 2027, maintaining 1X daily Airbus A350-900 service, replacing the initially filed 787-10 (except 5 Jul-8 Aug 2027) - Singapore-Christchurch starting 1 May 2027, 1X daily, aircraft changing from Airbus A350-900 to Boeing 777-300ER - Singapore-Dubai starting 28 Mar 2027, 1X daily, aircraft changing from Airbus A380 to Boeing 777-300ER - Singapore-Hong Kong from 20 Jun to 24 Jul 2027, maintaining service using a Boeing 777-300ER (replacing initially filed seasonal Airbus A380) - Singapore-Jakarta: one service starting 1 Jun 2027, changing from Boeing 777-300ER to Airbus A350-900; another starting 1 Aug 2027, changing from Airbus A350-900 to Boeing 777-300ER - Singapore-Manila starting 28 Mar 2027, maintaining service using a Boeing 737 MAX 8 (replacing the initially filed 787-10) - Singapore-Melbourne: 2 of 5 daily flights change — one starting 1 May 2027 from Boeing 777-300ER to Airbus A350-900; another starting 1 Sep 2027 from Airbus A350-900 to Boeing 777-300ER - Singapore-Paris Charles de Gaulle from 28 Mar to 29 Jun 2027, from 14X to 11X weekly, using a mix of Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A350-900 - Singapore-Perth starting 1 May 2027, aircraft changing from Airbus A350-900 to Boeing 787-10 (becomes 3X daily 787-10, 1X daily A350-900) - Singapore-Phnom Penh starting 28 Mar 2027, maintaining 1X daily using a Boeing 737 MAX 8 (instead of initially filed mixed A350-900/737 MAX 8 operation; overall 3X daily) - Singapore-Seoul Incheon starting 28 Mar 2027, aircraft changing from Airbus A350-900 (initially filed) to Boeing 787-10 - Singapore-Shanghai Pudong: one service starting 28 Mar 2027 changing from Airbus A350-900 to Boeing 787-10; another starting 1 Jul 2027 changing back to Airbus A350-900; a third, from 20 Jun to 24 Jul 2027, changing from Boeing 777-300ER to Airbus A380 - Previously reported changes: - Singapore-London Gatwick from 1 Jun to 29 Aug 2027, reduced from 14X to 10X weekly, using Airbus A350-900 - Singapore-Los Angeles from 28 Mar to 30 Apr 2027, 3X weekly, aircraft changing from standard Airbus A350-900 to A350-900ULR

Two electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developed and built by more than 20 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students and alumni, together with their professor, completed the first phase of flight tests in Cochstedt, Germany, in Jul. The larger prototype reached an altitude of 92m, while the smaller aircraft reached an altitude of 60m at a speed of about 120km/h

Singapore Airlines to remove its Airbus A380s from 11 routes, including Bangkok, Los Angeles via Tokyo, Paris, and Zurich, starting Sep 2026, and move them to higher-yield markets. The airline added that it might reintroduce the aircraft on some routes by mid-2027, depending on the geopolitical conditions. SIA previously flew Airbus A380s on 21 routes from Singapore. The airline uses a minimal or training-only A380 on some routes, such as Nagoya and Kuala Lumpur

Air India is seeking $1.5 billion USD in fresh equity from its owners Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, months after the airline posted an annual loss. Singapore Airlines said the board will "carefully consider" any requests from Air India, taking into consideration its other capital requirements and business strategy

Air India is seeking $1.5 billion USD in fresh equity from its owners Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, months after the airline posted an annual loss. Singapore Airlines said the board will "carefully consider" any requests from Air India, taking into consideration its other capital requirements and business strategy

Singapore Airlines plans to expand its codeshare partnership with Lufthansa for Lufthansa’s Frankfurt-Kuala Lumpur route, from 25 Oct, which will be served 5X weekly using a Boeing 787-9 aircraft

Ground handler and catering company SATS reported $1.68 billion SGD revenue for Q1 2026, +11.3% YoY, and net profit of $75.1 million SGD, +6% YoY. Gateway Services revenue increased to $1.33 billion SGD, +12.8% YoY, due to continued cargo volume growth, while Food Solutions revenue increased to $346 million SGD, +5.4% YoY. SATS secured new contracts with Air France-KLM at John F. Kennedy International Airport in the US and Singapore Airlines at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, as well as renewed China Airlines cargo contracts across multiple stations in North America. Food Solutions also expanded its footprint by starting to offer inflight catering for Noida Airport in India and renewed inflight catering with British Airways, Air France, and KLM in Singapore

Scoot will launch new flights from Singapore to Guiyang, in Southwestern China, from 26 Oct, with 3X weekly. With the new flights, Scoot will operate 81X weekly flights to 16 Chinese cities. Scoot will also increase its flight frequency to: Hat Yai, Thailand from 12X to 14X weekly starting Oct Phuket, Thailand from 17X to 21X weekly starting Oct Clark, the Philippines from 7X to 10X times weekly starting Dec Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from 10X to 13X weekly starting Jan 2027 Okinawa, Japan from 4X to 5X times weekly starting Oct Tiruchirappalli, India from 12X to 14X times weekly starting Dec Daily flights to Phu Quoc, Vietnam with a gradual shift from the Embraer E190-E2 aircraft to the Airbus A320 aircraft starting Oct

The Business Times reported that Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group has deployed over 160 artificial intelligence applications across its business for use across the airline rather than generative AI alone. SIA Group’s FY2025/26 annual report shows 550 GenAI use cases across the airline group, with over 140 implemented. SIA also recorded a 100% completion rate for its GenAI 101 staff program in Jan 2025, while 91% of managers had completed GenAI 201 by Apr 2025

Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group recorded 3.7 million passengers in Jul 2026, +2.6% YoY. Following network expansion to East Asia, Europe, and South-West Pacific, the group’s passenger capacity increased by 5.5%. SIA posted a passenger load factor (PLF) of 86%, including 84.8% PLF for SIA and 90.2% PLF for Scoot. Cargo capacity dropped by 1.5% due to aircraft maintenance, but the cargo load factor increased to 57.9%, +0.8pp

A report by the Ministry of Trade and Industry shows non-stop flights to Latin America, Africa and Central Asia will benefit Singapore by boosting investment and trade access. The report also stated that improved air connectivity will boost Singapore’s status as an aviation hub. Changi Airport is looking to connect to 200 cities by the mid-2030s, an increase from 170 cities now. The report calculated that Singapore could gain an annual increase of $200 million SGD in foreign direct investment, and $520 million in direct investment abroad, just by cutting a stopover to a similar-sized economy located within 7,500 km

Emirates will resume its second daily flights on its Dubai-Singapore route from 1-24 Oct with an Airbus A380, replacing the 777-300ER

Singapore Airlines cancelled 8 flights scheduled to and from Shanghai for 9-10 Aug due to Typhoon Dolphin and retimed another 10 of its flights on 10-11 Aug. Changi Airport flight schedule shows that, as of 12.30 pm on 9 Aug, 6 other flights from Shanghai to Singapore and 8 from Singapore to Shanghai have been cancelled. The affected airlines are Spring Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Air China

Singapore Airlines has extended its plan to increase Singapore-Adelaide flights from 10X weekly to 12X from 3 Dec 2026 to 27 Mar 2027. Previously, it planned to increase its flights only until 3 Feb 2027