{"version":"1.9","identifier":"06cc9201-d22f-4e06-946f-496f962f2591","language":"en-US","title":"Singapore Airlines flies to Madrid from Oct. 26, and goes daily to Gatwick, Milan and Manchester","layout":{"columns":7,"width":1024,"margin":32,"gutter":20},"componentLayouts":{"text":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"maximumContentWidth":720,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":12}},"photo":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"margin":{"top":20,"bottom":20}}},"componentTextStyles":{"default":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"textColor":"#171717"},"headline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue-Bold","fontSize":36,"lineHeight":42,"conditional":[{"conditions":{"maxViewportWidth":480},"fontSize":28,"lineHeight":34}]},"intro":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":20,"lineHeight":28,"textColor":"#555555"},"caption":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":19,"textColor":"#666666"},"byline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":20,"textColor":"#666666"},"body":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"paragraphSpacingAfter":14,"linkStyle":{"textColor":"#00704a"}}},"metadata":{"canonicalURL":"https://www.loungefrog.com/news/singapore-airlines-madrid-launch-europe-expansion-2026","datePublished":"2026-10-06T20:39:20.091831Z","dateModified":"2026-10-14T23:43:04.911726Z","authors":["Patrick Karsh"],"excerpt":"The new Madrid service runs five times a week via Barcelona on an A350 with 42 business seats. Munich joins the network the same week. Here's the schedule and where the lounges are at each end.","thumbnailURL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/06cc9201-d22f-4e06-946f-496f962f2591/bc6d8aa3c8d5bf2f7442926d49b41e52.jpg","generatorName":"Frog News","generatorVersion":"1.0"},"components":[{"role":"title","text":"Singapore Airlines flies to Madrid from Oct. 26, and goes daily to Gatwick, Milan and Manchester","textStyle":"headline","layout":"text"},{"role":"intro","text":"The new Madrid service runs five times a week via Barcelona on an A350 with 42 business seats. Munich joins the network the same week. Here's the schedule and where the lounges are at each end.","textStyle":"intro","layout":"text"},{"role":"byline","text":"By Patrick Karsh · Published October 6, 2026","textStyle":"byline","layout":"text"},{"role":"photo","URL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/06cc9201-d22f-4e06-946f-496f962f2591/bc6d8aa3c8d5bf2f7442926d49b41e52.jpg","caption":"Singapore Airlines SilverKris First Class Lounge (T2) at Singapore Changi (context photo). · silverkris.singaporeair.com","accessibilityCaption":"Singapore Airlines SilverKris First Class Lounge (T2) at Singapore Changi (context photo).","layout":"photo"},{"role":"caption","text":"Singapore Airlines SilverKris First Class Lounge (T2) at Singapore Changi (context photo). · silverkris.singaporeair.com","textStyle":"caption","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"Singapore Airlines is adding Madrid to its network on Oct. 26, 2026, and boosting several other European routes in the same winter season, according to [the airline's announcement](https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/us/corporate/newsroom/press-release/2026/april---june-2026/Europe_Madrid_October/), published May 8. Madrid becomes the airline's 15th European destination.\n\n## The Madrid flight\n\nMadrid is served five times a week as an extension of the existing Barcelona route. The plane flies Singapore to Barcelona, continues to Madrid, then reverses the routing on the way home.\n\nThe schedule at launch:\n\n* **SQ388:** departs Singapore 23:30, arrives Barcelona 06:40 the next day, departs Barcelona 07:40, arrives Madrid 08:50. Leaves Singapore on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.\n* **SQ387:** departs Madrid 10:00, arrives Barcelona 11:15, departs Barcelona 12:35, arrives Singapore 08:25 the next day. Leaves Madrid on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.\n\nThe aircraft is the long-haul Airbus A350-900 with 253 seats: 42 in Business Class, 24 in Premium Economy and 187 in Economy. That is the airline's standard long-haul layout for the type; its fleet page also lists a 161-seat ultra-long-range version and a 303-seat medium-haul version, neither of which is used here.\n\nThe Barcelona stop means a Madrid passenger spends an hour on the ground on the way out and about 80 minutes on the way back. The flight keeps the same number through the stop.\n\n## The other European changes\n\nMadrid is the headline, but the frequency increases will matter to more people:\n\n* **Manchester** went daily on July 13, up from five flights a week (SQ302/SQ301).\n* **London Gatwick** goes daily on Oct. 25, up from three a week (SQ314/SQ313).\n* **Milan** goes daily on Oct. 25, up from four a week (SQ356/SQ355).\n* **Munich** is new, with three flights a week from Oct. 26 (SQ340/SQ339), on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The airline says that brings its total to ten weekly flights to the city.\n\nDaily flights to Gatwick and Milan are a real improvement for anyone who found the old schedules awkward for a week-long trip. Dai Haoyu, senior vice president for marketing planning, said the changes \"reflect our commitment\" to the European market and pointed to Madrid as both a tourist destination and a business hub.\n\n## Lounges in Singapore\n\n[The bar at Singapore Airlines' SilverKris Lounge, Changi Airport](https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/06cc9201-d22f-4e06-946f-496f962f2591/3b7e06d116cdc4aa48baa3989d4a2ac1.jpg)\n[The Snug seating area in the SilverKris Lounge, Changi Terminal 3](https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/06cc9201-d22f-4e06-946f-496f962f2591/d19b10ca44585c903d456c3d1ba1d779.jpg)\n\nAll of these flights leave from Changi, where Singapore Airlines operates its best lounges. Business passengers and Star Alliance Gold members use the [SilverKris Business Lounge in Terminal 3](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/sin-singapore-airlines-silverkris-business-lounge-t3), which our directory lists with 15 showers and a full bar, or the [Terminal 2 version](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/sin-singapore-airlines-silverkris-business-lounge-t2), with ten. First Class and Suites passengers get the [SilverKris First Lounge](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/sin-singapore-airlines-silverkris-first-lounge-t3), though neither new European route has a first-class cabin.\n\nI'd check which terminal your flight uses. Singapore Airlines splits its Changi operation between Terminals 2 and 3, and the two lounge complexes are a train ride apart. Access to all of them runs through the [SilverKris program](https://www.loungefrog.com/programs/singapore-silverkris) and [Star Alliance Gold](https://www.loungefrog.com/programs/star-alliance-lounge-access) rules.\n\n## Lounges in Europe\n\nMadrid is the gap. Our directory doesn't yet list a lounge with Star Alliance access at [Madrid-Barajas](https://www.loungefrog.com/airports/mad), and the airline hasn't said which one it will use. Non-Schengen long-haul flights use Terminal 4S, and our listings there include the airport-run [Sala VIP Neptuno](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/mad-sala-vip-neptuno), open around the clock with two showers, which admits [Priority Pass](https://www.loungefrog.com/programs/priority-pass), [LoungeKey](https://www.loungefrog.com/programs/loungekey) and [DragonPass](https://www.loungefrog.com/programs/dragonpass) members and sells walk-up passes. We'll add a Singapore Airlines listing once the arrangement is confirmed.\n\nBarcelona is better documented. Our directory lists two airport-run lounges in Terminal 1's non-Schengen area, [Sala VIP Joan Miró](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/bcn-sala-vip-joan-miro) and [Sala VIP Pau Casals](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/bcn-sala-vip-pau-casals), both marked as accepting Star Alliance Gold members and business passengers on non-Schengen Star Alliance flights, plus Priority Pass and LoungeKey. Neither is a highlight; our users score them 3 out of 5.\n\nLondon is well covered at Heathrow. Singapore's own [SilverKris Lounge at Heathrow](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/lhr-singapore-airlines-silverkris-lounge) is one of the best-rated in our London listings at 4.8, but the Gatwick flight is a separate operation and won't use it. Our directory doesn't list a Singapore Airlines arrangement at [Gatwick](https://www.loungefrog.com/airports/lgw); the Priority Pass options there include the [No1 Lounge South](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/lgw-no1-lounge-south), which our users rate 4.9.\n\nFor Manchester, our directory shows Singapore Airlines premium passengers using [The Executive by Escape Lounges](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/man-the-executive-by-escape-lounges) in Terminal 2, which opened in July 2026. In Milan, the [Lufthansa Lounge at Malpensa](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/mxp-lufthansa-lounge) is listed with Star Alliance access. In Munich, [Lufthansa](https://www.loungefrog.com/airlines/lh)'s home hub, the [Business](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/muc-lufthansa-business-lounge-g) and [Senator](https://www.loungefrog.com/lounges/muc-lufthansa-senator-lounge-g) lounges carry Star Alliance access in our listings.\n\n## Why this matters\n\nSingapore Airlines is one of the few carriers where the ground experience at the home hub matches the cabin. Expanding in Europe puts more travelers in a position to use Changi's lounges on the return trip, which is where the airline's lounge advantage is strongest.\n\nThe Madrid launch also opens a one-stop path between Spain and Australia, Southeast Asia and India, markets where Singapore Airlines has strong connections. Bookings are open for all of the new flights. See [all Singapore Airlines lounges](https://www.loungefrog.com/airlines/sq).\n\n## Related reading\n\n* [Air India and Singapore Airlines will sell each other's flights on their own from Oct. 15](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/air-india-singapore-airlines-partnership-october-2026)\n* [The 3 best Singapore Airlines SilverKris lounges, ranked: 2026](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/singapore-airlines-silverkris-lounges-ranked-2026)\n* [Singapore Airlines closes its Taipei SilverKris Lounge Nov 1, moving premium flyers to Plaza Premium](https://www.loungefrog.com/news/singapore-airlines-taipei-silverkris-lounge-closing)","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"}]}