March 30, 2025
As of October 25, 2025

^ Until April 13, 2025
^^ of April 14, 2025
* The next day

The Boeing 787-10 is the plane with the greatest capacity of Singapore Airlines after the Airbus A380, with 337 seats in two cabin classes.

With the six daily flights of Bali changing to this type since mid -April, the route will see 14,154 seats per week in each direction, a record for Singapore Airlines and an impressive 49% increase From the 9,478 weekly seats offered by SIA and Silkair combined in April 2019.

Based on current capacity, change to service increases All-787 General seats at 10%and Executive class seats by 14% on the Bali route of the carrier.

Better passenger experience

Singapore Airlines passengers traveling in SQ948/949 will now benefit from the most spacious booth of Boeing 787-10, including direct access to the hall from all seats in executive class and more leg space in the economic class.

We have a complete review of how the executive class experience accumulates in these aircraft.

Here is a summary of the key differences compared to the Boeing 737-8 Max plane that currently operate these flights.

The key improvement of Boeing 787-10 compared to Boeing 737-8 Max is that All executive class passengers will have direct access to the halls.

However, it is also worth noting that IFE screens in executive class and economic class are larger in the Boeing 787-10, while space and devices options in the economic class are also a bit better.

Remember that you can always verify what type of plane and executive class model Singapore Airlines operate throughout the network in our updated guide here.

Krisflyer Awards

Redeving Economy Class Saver and Business Class Saver Awards on Singapore flights of SIA – Bali flights is usually manageable outside the peak holiday periods, even for several travelers on the same flight, and the additional capacity in SQ948/949 should further improve availability.

Applicable rates are shown in the following table.

Bali occasionally appears on the monthly spontaneous escape list of SIA, with a 30% discount at the Saver awards, uploaded to 40% this month, to travel in April 2025.

This reduces unidirectional reimbursement rates to 14,700 miles in executive class and 5,950 miles In economic class, at the most typical discount rate (12,600 miles and 5,100 miles respectively in the current offer of 40%).

If you already have or intend to reserve a firm ticket in an eligible economy reserve class, this is how many miles it will cost to update the executive class on this route, assuming that the availability of Saver Update update awards.

Update with Krisflyer Miles Singapore ⇄ Bali
Update a →	Business
Existing reserve ↓
Economy standard (Class: M, H, W)	17,000
Flexi Economy (Class: Y, B, E)	15,500

As usual, updating with thousands is not a great offer, unless your company is paying for an economic rate in its name.

Requirements when flying to Indonesia

The citizens of Singapore and those who have other nationalities of ASEAN can enter the Indonesian visa without visa for tourist visits up to 30 days.

Those with 87 nationalities can opt for a visa to the arrival (VOA) at a cost of IDR 500,000 (~ s $ 45). This can be obtained at the airport or in advance through the recently introduced E-VOA system.

A VOA allows a 30 -day stay, which can be extended to 60 days. Singapurenses and Asean citizens can also opt for a VOA if they want the flexibility of a longer visit, since the 30 -day visa entry mentioned above cannot be extended.

Since February 14, 2024, all international Bali visitors, including children, are also subject to Bali Tourism Levy, a mandatory rate of IDR 150,000 (approximately $ 12 SGD) per person. You can pay this tax before your trip through this website or the airport upon arrival.

If you arrive by air to Bali, Yakarta, Surabaya or Medan, you must also complete the E-Customs statement before the exit and obtain a QR code to show the arrival.

Other airlines have also increased Bali’s capacity

The 42 weekly flights of Singapore Airlines wide body to and from Bali are not the only option on the route this year, with Scoot and Jetstar they also increase the capacity compared to the levels prior to covide, and most other transporters also restore the above frequencies.

This is how the weekly flight frequencies and the capacity are looking for the Singapur-Bali route, based on the week of April 21 to 27, 2025, compared to the Pre-Covid (April 15-21, 2019).

Singapore – Bali Weekly frequencies and flight capacity
Airline		Pre-Covid Apr 2019	Current APR 2025	% Change
Batik air	Flights	0	4	New Mexico
	Seat	0	624	New Mexico
Garuda Indonesia	Flights	14	7	50%
	Seat	2,268	1,134	50%
Indonesia Airrasia	Flights	28	28	–
	Seat	5,040	5,040	–
Jetstar	Flights	21	23	10%
	Seat	3,780	4,140	10%
Klm	Flights	7	7	–
	Seat	2,856	2,667	7%
Get	Flights	21	21	–
	Seat	3,780	7,355	95%
Singapore airlines	Flights	35*	42	20%
	Seat	9,478*	14,154	49%
All airlines	Flights	126	132	4%
	Seat	27,202	35,144	29%

* April 2019 statistics include Silkair Services
NM – Not measurable

While there is a modest increase for Jetstar, since it can see that Scoot has significantly increased capacity, even more than Singapore airlines, with almost double seats offered now compared to April 2019.

That is not due to more flights (Scoot was already working three times a day (21 weekly) to give before the pandemic, but to a change to larger airplanes.

Previously, Scoot operated its Bali flights with smaller Airbus A320, offering 3,780 seats per week in each direction. However, based on April 2025, the airline now exclusively displays its Boeing 787s, a mixture of 335 seats 787-8 and 375 seats 787-9.

That is A 95% increase in seat capacity in general for the carrier.

It also means the regular Scootplus option on this route, which is similar to a premium economy product, somewhere between the economy and the executive class.

These Scootplus seats can sometimes have a competitive price (for example, SIN-DPS for S $ 198 in April 2025), or be available for cash update a couple of days before departure.

In general there will be 132 flights per week Between Singapore and Bali this summer season, compared to 126 per week prior to CO-COVID (based on April 2019).

The Boeing 737-8 Max returns to winter

Provisionally, this update to the SIA service of the entire body on the Bali route will run until October 25, 2025.

Of October 26, 2025, the Boeing 737-8 Max is provisionally scheduled to return in SQ948/949 Once a day.

However, do not read too much at this stage. This is usually just a copy of the operation of the previous winter season, so it is not necessarily indicative of the current Types of aircraft that will operate at this early stage.

Singapore Airlines generally replaces its real aircraft assignments for the Northern Winter Season in July or August.

We believe there is a good possibility that the operation of the whole world on this route becomes permanent, so be attentive to get more news about that in a few months from now on.

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From April 13, 2025, Singapore Airlines will operate the six daily flights to Bali with Boeing 787-10, possibly offering a more comfortable experience for all passengers, including direct access to the halls for all seats in the executive class, without Boeing 737 Max flights on the route.

The capacity will increase by 10% in general and 14% in the executive class, and the airline offers almost 50% more seats on this route compared to pre-pandemic times, luckily a positive development for the availability of awards seats.

The 737-8 Max will return to the Bali route once a day from the end of October 2025, but this is still subject to changes, since the winter schedule is still provisional, especially in regards to the allocation of the type of plane, until July or August.

(Cover photo: Portrait of Plane / Malcolm Lu Aviation Media)