Singapore Airlines (SIA) operated two government-organised repatriation flights in March 2026, evacuating 152 Singaporeans and their dependants from Muscat, Oman (the capital of the Gulf sultanate), amid an outbreak of war in the Middle East. Crew and ground staff described an atmosphere of quiet relief on board, with exhausted passengers weeping during take-off and falling into deep sleep once the aircraft cleared the conflict zone. The mission required extensive contingency planning, including deploying SIA personnel to Muscat — an airport where the carrier has no regular operations — to manage ground handling, fuelling, and the possibility of diverting the flight if a single-leg return proved impossible.