Summary
- Singapore Airlines will resume passenger flights to Brussels in April 2024
- The route shall be operated 4 times per week using the Airbus A350-900
- The carrier plans 106 weekly passenger services to 13 European destinations next April
Singapore Airlines is returning to Brussels next 12 months, having last served it on a passenger basis in 2003. It’s going to be one among 13 European airports to see the Star Alliance member’s metal. Singapore Airlines intended to resume service to Brussels in 2020, however the pandemic paid for that. It continues to serve the EU and Belgium capital with all-freight equipment.
Singapore Airlines to Brussels
Covering 6,561 miles (10,558 km) each way, the long path to Belgium will begin on April fifth. It’s going to use the Airbus A350-900, Singapore Airlines’ most typical widebody and first type to Europe. There shall be 253 seats: 42 in business class, 24 in premium economy, and 187 in regular economy. As much as 16 tonnes of freight can be carried, which is able to undoubtedly be crucial to Brussels.
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Running 4 weekly, seemingly Singapore Airlines’ minimum frequency to Europe, next summer’s schedule is as follows, with all times local:
- Singapore to Brussels: SQ304, 23:55-07:20+1
- Brussels to Singapore: SQ303, 12:10-06:55+1
Unsurprisingly, the departure time from, and arrival time in, Changi correspond to Singapore Airlines’ peak European departure/arrival banks, because the figure below shows. This drives all-important connectivity for traffic volume.
Image: OAG.
These markets shall be essential
In line with booking data, Brussels had roughly 36,000 point-to-point (P2P) Singapore passengers in 2019, which needs to be easy to stimulate and grow. It was Europe’s seventh-largest unserved market from the Asian country, behind Geneva, Dublin, Madrid, Hamburg, Oslo, and Vienna. On account of premium class demand, the P2P market can be high-yielding.
Transit passengers shall be crucial to Singapore Airlines’ Brussels operation. In 2019, greater than 530,000 passengers flew between the Belgian capital and Southeast Asia and Australasia. (I’ve not examined Northeast Asia here). Bangkok, Bali, Manila, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta, Sydney, and Melbourne were Brussels’ 10 largest markets in these two areas.
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In line with Cirium data, Singapore Airlines also has a (minimal) codeshare agreement with fellow Star partner Brussels Airlines to Barcelona, London Heathrow, Milan Malpensa, and Munich, all places Singapore Airlines itself serves. It’s going to be interesting to see if this agreement deepens, which could drive additional traffic if needed.
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13 destinations in Europe
As of September twelfth and subject to vary, Singapore Airlines plans 106 weekly passenger flights to Europe next April, when Brussels begins. Cirium shows that to be the identical number as in April 2019, but seats on the market are down by nearly 4% as a result of smaller aircraft getting used.
Photo: Singapore Airlines
It plans the next 13 destinations. In comparison with April 2019, Düsseldorf, Moscow Domodedovo, and Stockholm remain cut. Notice Manchester in the next table, which continues to/from Houston. Previous evaluation shows that that is the world’s longest same-plane, same-flight-number, one-stop direct routing.
Weekly flights in |
Singapore to… |
Aircraft** |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|
4 every day |
London Heathrow |
A380 (double every day), 777-300ER (double every day) |
|
Double every day |
Frankfurt |
A380 (every day), 777-300ER (every day) |
Each day 777-300ER continues to/from Recent York JFK |
Paris CDG |
A350-900 (every day), 777-300ER (every day) |
||
Each day |
Amsterdam |
A350-900 |
|
Milan Malpensa |
A350-900 |
Five flights proceed to Barcelona |
|
Munich |
A350-900 |
||
Zurich |
777-300ER |
||
Five weekly |
Barcelona |
A350-900 |
Via Milan in each directions |
Copenhagen |
A350-900 |
||
Manchester |
A350-900 |
Continues to/from Houston |
|
4 weekly |
Brussels |
A350-900 |
|
Istanbul Airport |
A350-900 |
||
Rome |
A350-900 |
||
* As of September twelfth |
** As of September twelfth |
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