Singapore Airlines ups Australia flights

Singapore Airlines has picked Sydney’s brand-new second airport for a daily route before most travelers have even seen the terminal, with nonstop flights from Singapore to Western Sydney International set to start on November 23, 2026, pending approvals. The airline says it will be the first international carrier at the new airport. (singaporeair.com) That one route pushes Singapore Airlines to as many as 23 daily departures from Australia from late November 2026, which is the highest total the carrier has scheduled in the market. The airline’s Australia pages also say it already runs more than 120 weekly flights to seven Australian cities. (singaporeair.com 1) (singaporeair.com 2) Western Sydney is not replacing the old Sydney airport. Singapore Airlines says the new service will sit alongside its existing flights to Sydney Kingsford Smith, taking its Sydney total to five flights a day across the two airports. (singaporeair.com) The aircraft matters here because this is not a small test flight. Singapore Airlines plans to use an Airbus A350-900 with 303 seats, including 40 in Business Class and 263 in Economy Class, which is a full long-haul style widebody on a route of about eight hours. (singaporeair.com) The schedule shows what Western Sydney is for. Flight SQ201 is timed to leave Singapore at 11:30 a.m. and arrive at 10:20 p.m., while the return flight SQ202 leaves Western Sydney at 11:55 p.m. and reaches Singapore at 5:05 a.m. the next day. (singaporeair.com) That late-night departure is easier at Western Sydney because the new airport is being marketed as curfew-free, unlike Sydney Kingsford Smith, which is constrained overnight. Singapore Airlines’ own Western Sydney page pitches that directly with the line that a curfew-free airport creates more departure choices. (singaporeair.com) The airline is not expanding everywhere at the same speed. In its January 28, 2026 network update for the northern summer season running from March 29 to October 24, Singapore Airlines said it would add frequency and capacity only on selected routes where demand justified it. (singaporeair.com) That is why Australia keeps getting attention. Singapore Airlines has separate Australia sales pages highlighting 35 weekly Melbourne flights, daily Darwin service, and partner feed from Virgin Australia, which turns Singapore into a hub for Australians heading to Europe, India, and Southeast Asia on one ticket. (singaporeair.com) Western Sydney also gives the airline a cleaner map of Sydney itself. Travelers in Parramatta, Penrith, and the fast-growing western suburbs no longer have to cross the whole city to reach Kingsford Smith, and Singapore Airlines gets two Sydney gateways instead of one bottleneck. (singaporeair.com) (westernsydney.com.au) So this is not just one extra flight. It is Singapore Airlines using a brand-new airport, a late-night slot, and a widebody aircraft to turn Sydney from a four-daily-city into a five-daily-city, while lifting its Australia network to a record 23 daily departures from November 23, 2026. (singaporeair.com)