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After a few months of cutting flights due to travel restrictions imposed by governments and fall in passenger demand due to the coronavirus, Singapore Airlines have decided to increase the number of flights for its schedule, adding 11 new cities from 8 June and is planning for another 500 more flights. This means that SIA will serve 27 destinations this month.
The move also mean that more pilots and cabin crew will be redeployed back to their jobs, and more flights mean more business for retail owners at Changi Airport, which has seen passenger numbers dropping due to the coronavirus.
However, there is still a 94% cut of scheduled passenger capacity.
These are the cities that will be served by Singapore Airlines from 8 June:
Amsterdam (AMS)
Auckland (AKL)
Barcelona (BCN)
Brisbane (BNE)
Cebu (CEB- served by SilkAir)
Christchurch (CHC)
Copenhagen (CPH)
Hong Kong (HKG)
Medan (KNO) - Silkair
Melbourne (MEL)
Osaka (KIX)
For the full schedule, please check out Singapore Airlines official website.
As countries gradually ease travel restrictions, some airlines have been also gradually increasing their flight schedule to meet international demand. Air travel & the aviation industry is expected to recover within 3 years, with domestic air travel set to recover faster than international air travel. As for Singapore Airlines, it does not have a domestic aviation market in Singapore. As such, countries that do not have a local domestic aviation market will have to be dependent on other countries to ease travel restrictions to continue to operate flights. This move by Singapore Airlines is also good news as it means that its employees will be reemployed back to work. The air traffic and passenger numbers at Changi Airport is set to rise with the airport recently announcing that it will allow transit passengers through the airport. Hopefully, the coronavirus will come to an end and everything such as the aviation industry and air travel will be back to normal.
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