Singapore Airlines will progressively increase the frequencies on flights to Manchester, Milan, Munich, and London Gatwick in the coming months to meet the strong demand on these routes. SIA will also launch 5 weekly services to Madrid via Barcelona on 26th October 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.
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It will restructure its current twice-weekly Singapore-Barcelona services, SQ388 and SQ387, to operate on the route, making Madrid SIA’s 15th destination in Europe and its second in Spain.
The inaugural flight to Madrid, SQ388, is scheduled to depart Singapore at 2330hrs (local time) on 26 October 2026, arrive in Barcelona at 0640hrs (local time) on 27 October 2026, depart Barcelona at 0740hrs (local time), and arrive in Madrid at 0850hrs (local time) the same day.
The return flight, SQ387, is scheduled to depart Madrid at 1000hrs (local time) on 27 October 2026, arrive in Barcelona at 1115hrs (local time), depart Barcelona at 1235hrs (local time) the same day, and arrive in Singapore at 0825hrs (local time) the next day.
SIA will operate its A350-900 long-haul variant with 253 seats (42 in Business Class, 24 in Premium Economy, and 187 in Economy) on the Singapore-Barcelona-Madrid route.
Tickets for the new Madrid service will go on sale from June 2026 via SIA’s distribution channels, while tickets for the additional services to Manchester, Milan, Munich, and London Gatwick will be released progressively.
From 13 July 2026, SIA’s Singapore-Manchester services, SQ302 and SQ301, will increase from 5 weekly to daily. SIA’s current 3 weekly Singapore-London Gatwick services, SQ314 and SQ313, will increase to daily from 25 October 2026. This will give SIA two daily services to the airport, and 6 flights a day to London after including the four daily services to London Heathrow.
The Singapore-Milan services, SQ356 and SQ355, will increase from 4 weekly to daily from 25 October 2026. The 3 weekly Singapore-Milan-Barcelona services, SQ378 and SQ377, will be cancelled from 27 October 2026 following the launch of the new Singapore-Barcelona-Madrid service.
SIA will launch a new 3 weekly Singapore-Munich service, SQ340 and SQ339, from 26 October 2026, bringing its total to 10 weekly services to the German city.
