Scoot has resumed flights between Singapore and Jeddah, becoming one of the first budget carriers in Southeast Asia to reinstate a suspended Middle East route following months of regional disruption.
The airline’s first service since February 2026, flight TR796, touched down at King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) at 20:30 local time on June 22, 2026. The return service, TR797, operates back to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). Scoot is running the route three times weekly.
A cautious return
The resumption comes nearly four months after Scoot grounded the service on February 28, 2026 when the US-Iran conflict triggered widespread airspace closures across the region.
A planned restart on April 18, 2026 was called off as conditions remained unstable.
Scoot said the decision to resume followed an assessment of the geopolitical situation and operational considerations, and that it will continue to monitor conditions and adjust flight paths as needed.
The timing coincides with the start of high-level US-Iran diplomatic talks, which followed a 60-day interim peace deal signed on June 17, 2026
Singapore Airlines, Scoot’s parent company, is moving more cautiously.
Its daily Singapore-Dubai service, operated as SQ494 and SQ495, remains suspended until at least August 2, 2026. The carrier’s planned Singapore-Riyadh route, announced in early January 2026 as its first Saudi service in 12 years, has been pushed back to September 1, 2026.
Middle East connectivity restored at Changi
Scoot’s return to Jeddah means all of Changi Airport’s Middle East airline partners are now operating again. Emirates, Etihad, Gulf Air, Qatar Airways, and Saudia are collectively linking Singapore to five cities in the region. Gulf Air resumed its Bahrain-Singapore service last month.
Ching Kiat Lim, Executive Vice President of Air Hub and Cargo Development at Changi Airport, said that more growth is on the way.
“Looking ahead to the rest of 2026, we are also excited to welcome Oman Air’s Muscat-Singapore services and Singapore Airlines’ Riyadh-Singapore services, further building on this momentum,” Lim said via a LinkedIn post.