Summary
- Changi Airport saw over 5 million passengers and 90% of pre-pandemic takeoffs and landings in June, indicating a powerful post-pandemic recovery.
- Singapore Airlines will operate over 4,000 flights this month, offering 1.1 million seats and specializing in East Asian and Australian destinations.
- Scoot and AirAsia are also busy with flights primarily to Australian and Asian destinations, while Jetstar Asia and Indonesia AirAsia offer fewer flights but still contribute significantly to Changi Airport’s operations.
Last month was significant for Singapore’s Changi International Airport (SIN) after the air hub finally broke the five million passengers barrier because the onset of the pandemic. The airport also handled 27,500 takeoffs and landings – nearly 90% of June 2019 levels, further emphasizing the way it was on the ultimate leg of the post-pandemic recovery.
And while July will see the top of the local school holiday season, it still signifies the height summer travel season, and Changi Airport is just getting busier by the month. With as many, if no more, aircraft movements expected, listed here are among the biggest and busiest air carriers operating from the airport this month.
1 Singapore Airlines
Because the flag carrier and with Changi as its home, seeing Singapore Airlines at the highest of this list ought to be of no surprise. For this month, the airline is working an estimated total of 4,172 flights and offering greater than 1.1 million seats, corresponding to over 3.15 billion available seat miles (ASMs).
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Although flight frequencies on its North American network were barely reduced this summer season, enhancements were made to the airline’s East Asian and Australian network with added capacities for destinations similar to Seoul’s Incheon International Airport, Osaka’s Kansai International Airport, and Melbourne Airport, to call a couple of.
Take a look at flights from Singapore to Melbourne here!
2 Scoot
The rating of the low-cost subsidiary of the Singapore Airlines Group can also be unsurprising, as Scoot is scheduled to operate 2,328 flights this month with an offering of 558,146 seats. That is corresponding to about 952.4 million ASMs for the low-cost carrier.
Like Singapore Airlines, most of Scoot’s flights for this month are primarily emphasized on its Australian and Asian networks, with several day by day and weekly flight services to destinations similar to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Hong Kong International Airport, and Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, to call some.
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Take a look at flights from Sydney to Singapore here.
3 AirAsia
And ending up the rostrum rankings is Asia’s biggest low-cost carrier, AirAsia. But when put next to the primary two airlines on this list, the airline is just scheduled to operate about 678 flights to and from Changi Airport this month. Across AirAsia’s narrowbody fleet, that is about 125,934 seats offered, corresponding to 41.1 million ASMs.
Operating from the airport’s Terminal 4, the Malaysian budget carrier offers day by day flight services connecting Changi Airport with Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), Penang International Airport, Langkawi International Airport, Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Kuching International Airport, and Ipoh Sultan Azlan Shah Airport.
4 Jetstar Asia
Jetstar Asia takes fourth position, with 494 flights scheduled this month to supply about 88,920 seats, corresponding to roughly 68.76 million ASMs. The low-cost carrier also operates out of Terminal 4 with day by day flights from Changi Airport to Kuala Lumpur, Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport, and Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport.
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The airline also flies day by day to Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport and Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. As for this month’s weekly flight services, Jetstar Asia connects Changi Airport with Penang, Phnom Penh International Airport, Phuket International Airport, Angeles City Clark International Airport, and Haikou’s Meilan International Airport.
Take a look at flights from Singapore to Bali here.
5 Indonesia AirAsia
And shutting up this list of the highest five biggest airlines in Changi Airport this month is one more Terminal 4 resident – Indonesia AirAsia, with a complete of 403 scheduled flights and about 72,540 seats offered, an corresponding to 56.24 million ASMs.
Much like its competitors, the airline offers day by day and weekly flight services from Singapore to Denpasar and Jakarta. Nevertheless, Indonesia AirAsia also provides day by day flights to Yogyakarta International Airport and Surabaya Juanda International Airport.
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While it’s notable how Singapore Airlines is the one full-service carrier on this list, the bulk being budget carriers does give testament to the solid low-cost market not only inside Singapore but additionally inside Asia as a region. And likewise most considered is the adversarial difference in flights offered by the flag carrier and Scoot, in stark contrast to the opposite three airlines on this list.
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