Singapore Airlines to boost services during the northern summer 2024

Business Tuesday 22/August/2023 17:54 PM
By: Times News Service
Singapore Airlines to boost services during the northern summer 2024

Singapore: Singapore Airlines (SIA) will ramp up frequencies to destinations across its network during the northern summer 2024 operating season (31 March 2024 to 26 October 2024), supporting the strong demand for air travel to its key markets.

This includes increasing flight frequencies to pre-pandemic levels across multiple points and exceeding them in some. Destinations include Dubai (the United Arab Emirates), Beijing and Shanghai (China), Da Nang (Vietnam), Darwin, Melbourne, and Perth (Australia), Tokyo-Haneda (Japan) and many others.

 Details of Singapore Airlines' changes to its flight schedules between Dubai and Singapore are as follows. All times stated are local. All flight services are subject to regulatory approvals, and the aircraft deployment is subject to operational requirements.

 Tickets will be available for sale progressively through SIA's various distribution channels.

From March 31, 2024, SIA will introduce a new four-times weekly service between Singapore and Dubai (SQ496 and SQ497) with the A350-900 medium-haul aircraft.

This will bring services between the two cities from seven-times weekly to 11-times weekly, exceeding the pre-pandemic levels.

From 31 March 2024 – 26 October 2024, SQ496 Singapore – Dubai on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays (0115 – 0430 hrs) Airbus A350- 900MH, SQ497 Dubai – Singapore on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays (0900 – 2040 hrs) Airbus A350- 900MH.

JoAnn Tan, Senior Vice President Marketing Planning, Singapore Airlines, said: “With the release of SIA’s Northern Summer schedules, our customers can plan ahead and start to make their travel plans for 2024. Our customers will be able to enjoy greater choice and flexibility when they travel with us, as SIA continues to adjust and expand our network in response to demand patterns.

Shyamaprasad Kallat, General Manager of M/s Mezoon Travel LLC, said that we take immense pride in representing this world-renowned brand as an airline partner over 50 years in Sultanate of Oman. We would carry forward this legacy with a connectivity option through codeshare partners to travel beyond Dubai on Singapore Airlines. With this additional frequency, the airline offers more seamless connections to the rest of the world to cater elite and premium traffic out of Oman.”