Here’s our weekly roundup of new air routes and codeshare partnerships
Air Astana launches new flight to Phu Quoc
Air Astana is starting a new service from Almaty to Phu Quoc in Vietnam on October 28.
The new direct flights will be operated by Airbus A321LR aircraft and will initially fly on Mondays and Wednesdays, with frequencies set to increase to four times a week in December.
Jetstar Asia introduces Singapore-Colombo service
Jetstar Asia will become the only low-cost carrier to fly direct from Singapore to Colombo, Sri Lanka, when the new service takes off on November 21.
The airline will operate five return services each week using its fleet of Airbus A320s.
AirAsia to fly from Malaysia to India with new route
AirAsia is enhancing its network to and from India from Malaysia with a new route to Port Blair, Andaman Islands.
Set to commence on November 16, the airline will fly thrice weekly to the island.
Singapore Airlines adjusts network for 2025 Northern Summer season
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will increase flight frequencies and boost passenger capacity across its network in the 2025 Northern Summer operating season (March 30, 2025 to October 25, 2025), supporting the higher demand for air travel to several popular destinations.
From March 30, 2025, SIA will have a daily service to London (Gatwick), up from the current five-times weekly services – on top of its four-times daily flights to London (Heathrow) – making it a total of five daily services to the UK’s capital
Services to Rome will increase to five times a week between June 26, 2025 and August 28, 2025, up from the current four weekly flights.
SIA will delink its three-times weekly Singapore-Milan-Barcelona flights from June 24, 2025 to September 7, 2025, and operate more direct flights between Singapore and the two European cities. The airline will mount five-times weekly direct flights to Barcelona during this period, up from the current two weekly flights. Milan will have a daily service, up from four-times weekly currently.
Other increase in frequencies include flights to Adelaide up to 10 a week across the Northern Winter 2024 and Northern Summer 2025 seasons, thrice daily to Ho Chi Minh City and twice daily to Siem Reap. A three-times weekly service will be mounted to Johannesburg from December 11, 2024 to January 10, 2025, and from April 2, 2025 to October 24, 2025.
The Airbus A380 will return to Tokyo (Narita) between March 30, 2025 and May 31, 2025 on one of its two daily services, replacing the Boeing 787-10. The A380 will stop operating to Mumbai from July 28, 2025 to August 31, 2025, and Delhi from June 23, 2025 to July 27, 2025, and will be replaced by the Boeing 777-300ER.
In line with its capacity adjustments, SIA will suspend services to Houston via Manchester from April 1, 2025. However, SIA will maintain five-times weekly services between Singapore and Manchester via SQ302 and SQ301.
