Singapore : Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch new services to Madrid and increase flight frequencies across several European destinations in the coming months.

The five-times-weekly direct flights from Singapore to Madrid via Barcelona will start from October 26. The new service will restructure its current twice-weekly Singapore-Barcelona operations, making Madrid SIA's 15th European destination and its second in Spain.

SIA will operate its Airbus A350-900 long-haul variant on the Singapore-Barcelona-Madrid route, offering 253 seats - 42 in business class, 24 in premium economy, and 187 in economy class.

On the frequency increase front, Singapore-Manchester services, SQ302 and SQ301, will go daily from July 13, up from five times weekly. Three-times-weekly Singapore-London Gatwick services, SQ314 and SQ313, will also increase to daily from October 25, giving SIA two daily Gatwick flights alongside four daily London Heathrow services, for a total of six daily Singapore-London flights.

Singapore-Milan services, SQ356 and SQ355, will similarly rise to daily from October 25, up from four times weekly. However, the three-times-weekly Singapore-Milan-Barcelona service will be cancelled from October 27 following the launch of the new Singapore-Barcelona-Madrid route.

Additionally, SIA will launch a new three-times-weekly Singapore-Munich service, SQ340 and SQ339, from October 26, bringing its total to 10 weekly Munich operations.