en.Wedoany.com Reported - Amid frequent disruptions in Middle Eastern airspace caused by the 2026 Iran crisis, Singapore Airlines (SIA) leveraged its Changi Airport (SIN) hub as an alternative transit point for long-haul travelers, achieving a 7.7% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic to 42.4 million in the fiscal year 2025/26. The airline recently announced its full-year results, showing a net profit of nearly S$1.2 billion (approximately US$927 million), with its share price rising over 2%. A notable boost came in the final month of the fiscal year from passengers who switched to SIA due to blocked Middle Eastern routes.
Singapore Airlines stated it is deepening codeshare partnerships with like-minded carriers to enrich customer choice, strengthen respective hub connectivity, and capture growth opportunities in their respective markets. The group includes mainline services and low-cost subsidiary Scoot. Despite disruptions in Middle Eastern airspace, its passenger load factor for FY2025/26 still rose 1.1 percentage points to 87.7%. This was because long-haul travelers chose Changi Airport as a transit hub to avoid frequently disrupted airspace in and around the Middle East, providing favorable conditions for SIA's continued growth during the Northern Hemisphere summer travel peak.
However, the 2026 Iran crisis also drove up jet fuel prices, putting pressure on airline services. As SIA's fuel bills are typically calculated based on lagged prices, its latest results only partially reflect the impact of fuel costs, and the long-term impact could be more severe. Consequently, Singapore Airlines and Scoot have raised ticket prices across their entire route network, but the adjustments have not fully offset the fuel price increases.
Looking ahead to the third quarter of 2026 (July 1 to September 30), Singapore Airlines plans to resume scheduled commercial passenger flights to and from the Middle East. According to schedule data from aviation analytics firm Cirium, the airline will operate routes from Singapore Changi Airport to Dubai and Riyadh: a total of 59 flights to Dubai are planned for Q3, reaching a daily frequency from August 3, operated by 264-seat Boeing 777-300ER aircraft; flights to Riyadh will use 303-seat Airbus A350-900 aircraft, operating four times weekly from September 1.
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