Jetstar Asia Exit To Cut 16 Routes, Leaving Four Cities Unserved

Jetstar Asia’s upcoming closure on July 31 will see 16 intra-Asia routes removed from Singapore Changi Airport’s (SIN) network, curbing regional connectivity to several key leisure and secondary destinations across Southeast and East Asia.

While most of the airline’s routes face strong competition, four will be left without nonstop service. According to OAG Schedules Analyser data, these unserved routes are to: Broome, Australia; Labuan Bajo, Indonesia; Okinawa, Japan; and Wuxi, China.

The loss is particularly notable for Labuan Bajo—a destination described as the “new Bali” and part of Indonesia’s efforts to diversify tourism—which only launched in March, and Broome, a resort town in Western Australia’s Kimberley region and one of the few Singapore–Australia links outside of major cities.

Jetstar Asia was scheduled to operate 2 million seats during the summer 2025 season, a 24% increase on 2024. It also planned to resume seasonal service to Clark, Philippines, in December after temporarily suspending it in May.

The airline was expected to be the third-largest operator at SIN this summer, with 946,800 scheduled departing seats and a 3.8% market share—behind Singapore Airlines (36.5%) and its low-cost unit Scoot (16.9%).

However, Jetstar Asia is not the dominant carrier on any of the 12 routes where it faces competition, including high-frequency markets such as Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and Manila. Most are also served Singapore Airlines and Scoot.

Ahead of the July 31 wind-down, Jetstar Asia will scale back operations across its network. Bangkok service will fall from 28 to 16X-weekly flights; Denpasar Bali from 28 to 15; Jakarta from 21 to 10; and Kuala Lumpur from 21 to 14. Services to Krabi, Penang, and Medan will be canceled entirely from mid-July, and Manila frequencies will halve. Phuket flights will drop progressively from 19 to 7X-weekly by the end of July.

Other routes—including Colombo, Surabaya, Manila, Osaka Kansai, and the four soon-to-be-unserved destinations—remain unchanged but are scheduled only through July 31, with further changes still possible.

However, services into Asia operated by Australia-based Jetstar Airways and Jetstar Japan will not be affected. The Jetstar Asia fleet of 13 Airbus A320s will be redeployed across Qantas Group’s domestic and regional operations in Australia and New Zealand.