SIA Increases Manila Frequency

3 October 2025

By  Elijah Felice Rosales

MANILA, Philippines — Singapore’s flag carrier has raised its flight frequency in Manila for the first time in more than a decade on optimism that the market is well on its way to another banner year.

Singapore Airlines, one of the world’s best carriers, is betting on the Manila-Singapore corridor to grow rapidly from this year onward on the continuous expansion of the market for the route.

In turn, Singapore Airlines added a new daily flight for its Manila-Singapore service for the first time since 2009.

Singapore Airlines head of marketing and PR for the Philippines Marie Aiza Soller-Garcia said the flight raises the Manila-Singapore frequency to five times daily. This puts the airline ahead of its competitors in the market.

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines will offer Manila-Singapore flights four times a day for its winter schedule starting Oct. 26. Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific operates twice daily on the route.

Soller-Garcia said the demographics of Filipinos visiting Singapore is becoming more diverse, as the city-state expands its list of attractions to entice both solo and group travelers.

Likewise, Soller-Garcia said Singapore is capturing more corporate accounts that are heading to the city-state for business and leisure purposes.

Singapore also hosts some of the biggest events in commerce and sports, such as Formula One’s Singapore Grand Prix, Aviation Festival Asia and the Mining Asia Conference and Exhibit.

“It is still a mix, so there are solos, families and we also cater to a lot of corporate travelers. This is why we have an additional service via Flight SQ 913, 914, so that added capacity in Manila is for us to cater to that demand,” Soller-Garcia said.

The Singapore Airlines Group currently manages 86 flights per week across the Philippines. For Singapore Airlines, that covers 35 weekly flights in Manila and another seven in Cebu.

Its budget subsidiary Scoot also connects Singapore with Manila 14 times a week, Cebu 10 times a week, Davao nine times a week, Clark seven times a week and Iloilo four times weekly.

Singapore Airlines is holding a travel sale between Oct. 10 and 25, where travelers can score discounts of up to 20 percent for fares compared to regular rates.