Singapore Airlines is Asia’s second-largest operator by international available seat miles. This is due to only flying internationally, having many widebody aircraft (some with very high capacities), and an average stage length of 2,363 nautical miles (4,376 km). OAG shows that it ranks second in seats for sale too. But due to operating narrowbodies, which were inherited from SilkAir, the carrier drops to third for flights.

Between August 2026 and May 2027, Singapore Airlines plans passenger service from Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) to 81 airports globally. This includes returning to Madrid and Riyadh later this year, as well as flying to the brand-new Western Sydney International. However, like any other airline, many destinations are no longer served.

A Quick Word On Singapore Airlines’ Network Changes

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As usual, some caveats are necessary. This article uses Singapore Airlines’ schedule submission to OAG to examine the carrier’s passenger route network from January 2006 to July 2026. This was then compared to what’s scheduled to operate from August 2026 until May 2027. Any routes that ended before January 2006 are not included.

This article focuses on long-haul markets, although three cities in further away parts of South Asia are more in the upper-medium-haul range. However, Davao and Nanjing, which are in the Philippines and China, are excluded, as they’re too short. Both places are now served by the carrier’s budget arm, Scoot, which keeps them in the Group’s network. Scoot and Singapore Airlines codeshare.

Singapore Airlines’ Cuts: Africa, Americas, Europe, & The Middle East

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The following table summarizes all 11 eliminated markets in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. Two have simply shifted to Scoot, with that carrier’s more appropriate cost platform. Of course, while Singapore Airlines itself does not serve any of them now, they remain accessible via the carrier’s codeshare and Star Alliance partners.

Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) was the most recent airport to be removed from Singapore Airlines’ map. The US Department of Transportation shows that the carrier flew there between 2008 and 2025, with almost 1.4 million passengers carried.

Between 2008 and 2016, flights operated via Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) to capture energy-related traffic, with the Boeing 777-300ER deployed. However, Russia’s economic problems meant that the fifth freedom service switched to flying via Manchester in 2016. This operation, which used the Airbus A350-900, existed for another nine years.

Despite SIN-DME-IAH flights ending in 2016, Singapore Airlines continued to serve DME en route to/from Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) until 2020. The A350-900 was flown on all services. DME was served on a standalone basis until 2022, when the war in Ukraine started. The airline has no plans to return to Russia.

Singapore Airlines’ Cuts: Asia-Pacific

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As mentioned earlier, Davao and Nanjing are not considered here, as they are much too short given this article’s focus. That leaves six cities in Asia-Pacific that no longer see Singapore Airlines.

They are Amritsar (served until 2009; switched to Scoot), Canberra International Airport (CBR; served until 2020), Karachi (served until 2010), Lahore (served until 2010), and Wellington International Airport (WLG; served until 2020). While the three cities in India and Pakistan are not quite in long-haul territory, they are close enough to be included.

CBR and WLG were the most interesting markets. Singapore Airlines flew SIN-CBR-WLG between 2016 and 2018 on the 777-200ER. From then until 2020, the route switched to flying SIN-Melbourne-WLG on the A350-900 and 777-200ER, while CBR was served via Sydney on the 777-300ER. The COVID-19 pandemic expedited the end of flights to CBR/WLG. In 2026, Qatar Airways provides CBR’s sole long-haul service, while WLG’s longest link is to Fiji, which is not particularly far away.