Faced with fuel supply problems and rising costs, Air India announces a temporary reduction in its international flight routes, which particularly affects Europe. Until the end of August, the carrier is reducing the number of frequencies on all its European routes, with the exception of the United Kingdom, which will be served by 56 weekly return flights.
The Indian carrier is consequently scaling back operations on 6 European routes: Paris-Delhi will be reduced from two to one daily flight, while Milan-Malpensa will go from 5 to 4 flights per week. Copenhagen, Rome-Fiumicino, Vienna and Zurich will each lose one weekly frequency, with 3 flights per week. In total, Air India will operate 23 flights per week instead of the previous 30.
Conversely, the fact that many passengers are avoiding a journey through the Persian Gulf to travel to Asia is boosting direct passenger traffic between Europe and Asia. This takes into account Singapore Airlines, which announces an increase in its capabilities between July and October.
Singapore Airlines will progressively increase flight frequencies between Singapore and Manchester, Milan, Munich, and London Gatwick over the coming months to meet strong demand on these routes and improve connectivity via its Singapore hub.
From 13 July 2026, the Singapore-Manchester route will increase from five flights per week to a daily service. At London Gatwick, the airline will offer two daily flights from 25 October instead of 10 weekly frequencies. A significant increase that will allow SIA to operate six flights per day to London, including the four daily services to London Heathrow.
The Singapore-Milan services from the airline will increase from four flights per week to a daily service from October 25, 2026. This will, however, result in the cancellation of the Singapore-Milan-Barcelona route. The Catalan capital will form part of the new Singapore-Madrid rotation, which will include Barcelona for a one-hour stopover. The new route will be operated five times a week from October 26.
Finally, concerning Germany, SIA will also launch three additional weekly flights between Munich and Singapore from 26 October 2026, bringing the total number of flights to Bavaria's capital to 10. Meanwhile, Frankfurt will benefit from 13 weekly flights instead of the current 7.
