Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Singapore Airlines, Scoot Extend Middle East Flight Cancellations Through December
Singapore Airlines and Scoot are keeping some Middle East flights cancelled for longer.
Singapore Airlines will not fly between Singapore and Dubai until December 1, 2026.
Scoot will not fly between Singapore and Jeddah until December 2, 2026.
The airlines say the region’s security situation is changing and remains difficult to predict.
Singapore Airlines had planned to restart Dubai flights in October.
It decided to wait after reviewing the situation again.
Scoot’s Jeddah flights used to operate three times each week.
Travellers should check official updates because flight plans could change again.
Singapore Airlines cancelled daily flights between Singapore Changi Airport and Dubai through December 1, 2026.
Scoot extended cancellations on its Singapore–Jeddah route through December 2, 2026.
The airlines cited a volatile and fluid geopolitical situation in the Middle East.
Singapore Airlines had previously planned to resume Dubai flights in October.
Passengers were advised to update contact details and monitor official flight-status trackers.
- Who
- Singapore Airlines and its low-cost subsidiary Scoot.
- What
- They extended the suspension of selected passenger flights to Dubai and Jeddah.
- When
- Singapore Airlines’ Dubai cancellations run through December 1, 2026; Scoot’s Jeddah cancellations run through December 2, 2026. Updated advisories were issued Thursday, October 1.
- Where
- Flights between Singapore and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and between Singapore and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- The airlines cited a volatile, fluid geopolitical and security situation in the Middle East.
- Singapore Airlines route
- Singapore Changi Airport–Dubai International Airport; cancelled through December 1, 2026.
- Singapore Airlines flight numbers
- SQ494 and SQ495.
- Scoot route
- Singapore–Jeddah; cancelled through December 2, 2026.
- Scoot flight numbers
- TR796 and TR797.
- Previous Dubai plan
- Singapore Airlines had originally planned to resume Dubai operations in October.
- Passenger guidance
- Travellers should keep contact details updated and monitor official flight-status trackers.
- Wider disruptions
- Air France, KLM and Lufthansa were slated to return to Dubai in October, while Cathay Pacific, Air Canada and United Airlines planned later returns.