Dhaka, May 9 -- Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch new services to Madrid and increase flight frequencies across several European destinations in the coming months, said the airline in an official statement issued on May 8.

The five-times-weekly direct flights from Singapore to Madrid via Barcelona will start from October 26. The new service will restructure its current twice-weekly Singapore-Barcelona operations, making Madrid SIA's 15th European destination and its second in Spain.

SIA will operate its Airbus A350-900 long-haul variant on the Singapore-Barcelona-Madrid route, offering 253 seats - 42 in business class, 24 in premium economy, and 187 in economy class.

On the frequency increase front, Singapore-Manchester services, SQ...