Singapore Airlines launching service to Beijing Daxing Airport from November 2024

Singapore Airlines has announced that it will launch daily flights between Singapore and Beijing Daxing International Airport on 11 November 2024.

This airport, which has the world’s largest single-building terminal, is located in the south of Beijing, giving passengers convenient access to the Hebei and Tianjin regions via highways, subways and railways.

SIA will also increase its frequencies to Beijing Capital International Airport to 21x weekly service from 5 August 2024, up from the current 18x weekly service. 

“China is a key market for the Singapore Airlines Group. This new flight to Beijing Daxing allows SIA to offer an additional daily service to Beijing, a popular destination for both tourist and business travellers. With 24 destinations in the Group’s mainland China network, we offer some of the best options and connections for travel between Singapore and China, and beyond”

-Dai Hao Yu, acting SVP Marketing Planning, SIA

Tickets for the Beijing Daxing service will be made available for sale (and redemptions) progressively from 24 June 2024.

Singapore Airlines adds Beijing Daxing flights

Singapore Airlines service to Beijing Daxing will commence on 11 November 2024, with the following schedule operated by a Boeing 787-10.

Singapore to Beijing Daxing

SQ810 will depart from Changi just after midnight on a daily basis, arriving in Beijing Daxing early in the morning allowing for a full day of meetings or touring ahead, or connections to elsewhere in China.

Beijing Daxing to Singapore

SQ811 will depart from Beijing Daxing in the morning, arriving at Changi in the mid-afternoon. 

Aircraft type

The Beijing Daxing route will be operated by a two-cabin Boeing 787-10, with 337 seats divided into:

• 36 Business Class
• 301 Economy Class

I’ve flown this aircraft quite a few times, and while I’m sure some will disagree, I actually find the 2018 Regional Business Class seat to be my favourite of the SQ fleet. 

You can find reviews of the Business and Economy Class experiences below.

Review: Singapore Airlines B787-10 Business Class Seoul to Singapore

Review: Singapore Airlines B787-10 Economy Class Singapore to Seoul

About Beijing Daxing

Beijing Daxing Airport is located around 50km south of Beijing, and opened to passengers in September 2019. This airport was the replacement for Beijing Nanyuan, and designed to take some load off Beijing Capital Airport. 

It’s the largest single-terminal airport in the world, stretching over 1,000,000 square metres with four runways. It can handle up to 75 million passengers annually (original plans called for as many as 200 million passengers a year, which if fully utilised would make it the world’s busiest airport by far). 

The airport is connected to the Caoqiao Station in Beijing, with rides taking about 20 minutes. 

Daxing only restarted international operations in 2023 after a three-year pause due to COVID, but now has many more connections including Kuala Lumpur, London-Heathrow, Phnom Penh and Amsterdam, to name a few. 

How much do KrisFlyer awards cost?

Beijing Daxing will fall into Zone 5 of the KrisFlyer award chart, which means you can expect to pay the following for award redemptions.

Singapore to Beijing Daxing redemptions (Flight on Singapore Air)
	Saver (One-Way)	Advantage (One-Way)
Economy	21,500	40,000
Business	43,000	65,000

Award seats should go live together with commercial bookings on 24 June 2024, and remember: the best time to snap up award seats is when a new route opens because a whole chunk of award space gets added at one shot.

We saw that happen with the Brussels and London Gatwick launches, so keep those browsers open!

SIA adding services to Beijing Capital

From 5 August 2024, the existing SQ800 and 805 services between Singapore and Beijing Capital will become daily services, up from 4x weekly. 

In terms of aircraft allocations:

• SQ800/805 will be operated by an Airbus A350-900
• SQ802/807 will be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER
• SQ806/801 will be operated by an Airbus A350-900 till 31 August 2024, after which it will switch to a Boeing 787-10

Together with the Daxing services, SIA will serve China’s capital a total of 28x times weekly from November 2024.

Conclusion

Singapore Airlines will be starting service to Beijing Daxing Airport from November 2024, with daily flights operated by a Boeing 787-10. 

We should see ticket sales go live today, as well as award redemptions. It’s very likely there’ll be a glut when that first happens, so if you’ve been meaning to travel here you should keep your eyes peeled.