Oneworld Cathay Pacific carrier will cease his “fifth freedom” flights between Singapore and Bangkok at the end of March, eliminating a valuable option for redemption of full service awards.
In February of last year, we reported on the news of the welcome that Cathay Pacific was restor Pandemia
The Oneworld carrier then improved the type of aircraft for service from the Airbus A330 to the largest Airbus A350, with slightly newly newly new flat bed seats in the executive class, even before starting.
Now there is a relatively short change of mind of Cathay Pacific for this route, from the end of next month.
Singapore – Bangkok “Fifth Freedom” flights that end
Cathay Pacific will stop its flights between Singapore and Bangkok of March 30, 2025The beginning of the North Summer Programming Season, with the final service on this route operating the previous day, on March 29, 2025.
The airline has “fifth freedom” traffic rights in this two-hour intra-asia hop, which allows it to sell tickets to travel only between Singapore and Bangkok, with round trip rates to travel next month from S $ 269 in Economic class and s and s $ 1,233 in executive class.
However, it is not cash rates that generally attract our readers to this, however, But the exchange in the executive class On only 16,500 miles in each direction, with minimum taxes of around S $ 67 to pay also.
(Photo: Mayymiles)
This is how the schedule looks for these flights between now and their termination.
Singapore Bangkok
Now to March 29, 2025
| Days | |||||||||
| METRO | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
 |
CX630 A350-900 |
||||||||
| SIN 14:05 |
BKK 15:55 |
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| Duration: 02:50 | |||||||||
|
CX619 A350-900 |
||||||||
| BKK 12:45 |
SIN 16:20 |
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| Duration: 02:35 | |||||||||
If you have an existing reservation on this route after its completion date, Cathay Pacific will communicate to provide alternative arrangements for your trip.
This news occurs after the Middle East Carrier Gulf Air finished his own “Fifth Freedom” Singapore-Bangkok flights in October 2024, in favor of Bahrein’s daily services without stopping Singapore and Bangkok.
However, the Singapore – Bangkok route will continue to be treated by the following airlines, after Cathay Pacific finishes its services.
- Jetstar Asia (BKK)
- Get (BKK)
- Singapore airlines (BKK)
- Thailand Airasia (DMK)
- Thai airpías (BKK)
- Thai lion air (DMK)
Jetstar will increase its Singapore-Bangkok flights from 21 to 29 per week since April 2025, more than it flew before the pandemic, while Scoot will expand from 32 to 35 services per week, restoring its frequencies prior to COVID.
With these additions, the general seat capacity on the Singapur-Bangkok route should remain largely not affected, despite the departure of Cathay Pacific from the market, although it is unfortunate to see that another full-service carrier is removed from the couple of the busy city.
An excellent executive class redemption option is disappearing
One of the best things about the Cathay Pacific: Bangkok “Fifth Freedom” Payment, through payment, through payment. Avios Qatar Airways program.
Cathay Pacific
Singapore – Bangkok awards rates
| FFP | Travel class |
||
| Economy |
Premium |
Business |
|
 |
7,500 + S $ 84 |
N / A* | N / A* |
 |
9,000 + S $ 67 |
12,500 + S $ 67 |
16,500 + S $ 67 |
 |
10,000 + S $ 104 |
20,000 + S $ 104 |
28,000 + S $ 104 |
 |
12,000 + S $ 104 |
21,600 + S $ 104 |
30,000 + S $ 104 |
 |
14,000 + S $ 104 |
23,700 + S $ 104 |
30,000 + S $ 104 |
 |
26,000 + S $ 104 |
37,000 + S $ 104 |
55,000 + S $ 104 |
* Cathay Pacific currently does not offer premium or executive economy awards to the members of the Alaska Mileage Plan
(Photo: Airbus)
This represents a significant savings in the 24,000 miles of Krisflyer charged by a prize for the savings busines .
That means accessing not only to the excellent Cathay Pacific Lounge in Terminal 4, but with some days of departure and schedules it also allows you Early for access The British Airways Lounge).
We comprehensively review Cathay’s Great Lounge at Terminal 4 of the Changi Airport of Singapore at the end of 2017, shortly after it opened.
Hong Kong’s flights will continue
Cathay Pacific will continue to operate Singapore without stopping, Hong Kong flights up to five times a day during the next summer season of the North between April and October 2025, even after this elimination of the service once a day through Bangkok.
However, That remains a significant fall compared to the times before the CovidWhen the airline operated up to nine daily flights between Singapore and Hong Kong, one of which was through Bangkok.
Even Singapore Airlines has restored only 67% of the weekly capacity of the seats on their Hong Kong flights compared to 2019, as we described in our recent depth in the last list of the busiest routes of the carrier.
(Photo: Shuttersock)
This trend underlines the weak demand for trips between Singapore and Hong Kong, a city that supported some of the strictest travel restrictions in the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. Hong Kong only finally eliminated the last of his test requirements for travelers in April 2023, One year After Singapore completely reopened his borders.
Highlighting this slow recovery, the Singapore-Hong Kong route was even witnessing what one of the shortest passenger services in the Changi airport earlier this year, when Greater Bay Airlines suspended his new non-scales flights after Just a month, citing “Commercial reasons after considering the latest market situations”.
The low -cost carrier of the Qantas group, Jetstar Asia, has not returned to the Hong Kong route after the pandemic, and the HK Express flights owned by Cathay also had short duration, operating between February 2022 and June 2023.
Cathay Pacific has decided to discontinuate its long-standing flights of Singapore-Bangkok “Fifth Freedom” since March 30, 2025, which has been a great complete service option on this route occupied for many years, apart from the Covid-19 Pandemic .
The loss of the Executive Class Redemption option of Cathay’s flat bed on this route will undoubtedly be a disappointment for many of our readers.
In fact, this was our redemption from Bangkok’s trips using avios points, so it is really sad to see that he left the list of options in the popular couple in the city.
Meanwhile, the airline will maintain its Singapore services: Hong Kong, although at a reduced frequency compared to pre-pandemics levels, which reflects the slow recovery of the demand for travel between the two cities that we are also seeing of Singapore Airlines .
(Cover photo: Shuttersock)
