Several Singapore return flights have been blown off! Air China resumes flights from Singapore to Beijing!

Recently, some flights from Singapore to Zhengzhou and Nanjing have been blown off. Air China's Singapore flight to Beijing is about to resume, and the number of flights to Chengdu will increase to two flights a week. More and more international airlines began to speed up the resumption of flights to and from China, and the number of international passenger flights by domestic airlines rose sharply. Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot) saw their passenger capacity increase by 2.5% month on month in September.

1. Fusing of Singapore's Return Flight

With the deterioration of the epidemic caused by a new wave of Omikjunya mutant strain XBB in Singapore, some returning flights have been fused again, and the number of people infected with XBB mutant strain is expected to peak in mid-November.

On October 14, the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued the latest notice. On September 26, Juneyao Airlines flight HO1628 (Singapore to Zhengzhou) confirmed 6 new coronary pneumonia passengers, accounting for 4% of the number of inbound passengers on the flight. Since October 17, the flight will be suspended.

Auspicious Airlines, source: TTG China

On September 30, Juneyao Airlines flight HO1606 (Singapore to Nanjing) confirmed 11 new coronary pneumonia passengers, accounting for 8% of the number of inbound passengers on the flight. Since October 17, the flight will be suspended for 2 flights.

On October 2, Singapore Cool Tiger Airlines Limited flight TR180 (Singapore to Nanjing) confirmed 6 new coronary pneumonia passengers, accounting for 4% of the number of inbound passengers on the flight. Since October 17, the flight (entry on Sunday) will be suspended for one flight.

2. Singapore to Beijing and Chengdu to resume flights

Having said the bad news, I will bring you good news: Air China Singapore's routes to Beijing and Chengdu will soon resume!

Singapore's flights to Beijing will resume from October 31, with one flight per week. This flight is not a direct flight, but first enters Zhengzhou, and then takes another flight to Beijing after the hotel in Zhengzhou is isolated. There is no need to pay for the air ticket from Zhengzhou to Beijing.

The specific time of isolation in Zhengzhou should be carried out according to the requirements of the destination city. If you want to go to Beijing, you need to carry out 73 isolation outside Beijing before you can reach Beijing. If the destination is Zhengzhou, you can go home directly after isolation, instead of going to Beijing!

At present, the price of the flight on October 31 is 7020 RMB, and the small partners who need it can book it ~

Information on flights from Singapore to Beijing, source: Air China official website

In addition to the resumption of flights to Beijing, the original weekly flights from Singapore to Chengdu will be increased to two flights a week from November 15, that is, one on Wednesday and one on Saturday. At present, the price of flights from Air China's official website to Chengdu on November 19 is 8230 RMB.

Information on flights from Singapore to Chengdu, source: Air China official website

3. Speed up the resumption of flights to and from China

Recently, more and more international airlines have begun to speed up the resumption of flights to and from China, such as Scoot. On October 10, Singapore Scoot announced that Singapore's passenger flights to and from Tianjin will increase to two flights per week from October 11. At present, Scoot has resumed 7 destinations in mainland China, providing 9 flights to and from Singapore and mainland China every week.

In addition, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Air China, HNA, Xiamen Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Capital Airlines, Jiuyuan Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Air Macau, Asiana Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Singapore Airlines and other major domestic and foreign airlines The company has also successively opened new international flights or increased the frequency of existing flights.

Scoot, source: Scoot official website

Recently, South Korean media said that as agreed by the Chinese and South Korean government departments, the number of flights between the two countries will increase from the current 27 flights per week (1 round trip) to 64, and Chinese and South Korean airlines will each week. Open 37 more sorties.

According to the Monitoring and Analysis of the Civil Shipping Line in September 2022, the number of international passenger flights by the domestic shipping division has increased significantly. In September, the domestic aviation division flew about 35 passenger flights per day on international routes, up 24.5% percent from the previous month.

4. Growth in passenger capacity of Singapore Airlines and Scoot Airlines

Singapore Airlines Group released its operating report for September on Monday (October 17). The passenger capacity of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot) increased 2.5% month on month to 2.1 million passengers in September, but the group's passenger capacity declined slightly.

With the recovery of global tourism, demand for all routes remains strong except for East Asia, which is still maintaining tourism restrictions.

From the data point of view, the passenger capacity increased by 2.5% compared with August, but the passenger capacity fell by 0.8% month on month, mainly because September was shorter than August. If compared with the same period, passenger capacity increased 111.8%, returning to the 67% of the same month before the outbreak.

Singapore Airlines Group, source: Zaobao

By the end of September, Singapore Airlines Group's passenger network covered 100 destinations including Singapore. Singapore Airlines recently resumed flights from Beijing to Singapore, and Scoot Airlines also resumed flights to Fuzhou and Osaka. SIA's services cover 74 destinations and Scoot's services cover 48 destinations.

It seems that the recovery of the tourism industry has brought about the prosperity of the aviation industry. I hope to return to the travel that can be said and left before the epidemic as soon as possible!