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Empty spaces: A traveller pushing his trolley in a nearly deserted Changi International Airport as Singapore continues to explore ways to revive air travel. AFP
BILATERAL travel corridors for vaccinated passengers from places with low to moderate infection rates may well happen in the second half of this year, said Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung as Singapore continues to explore ways to open up its borders and revive air travel.
In an interview with Money FM 89.3, Ong said stay-home notices and other quarantine measures will kill travel. Singapore, he added, needs to find ways to get rid of such requirements, a point he also made last week during the debate on his ministry’s budget.
Updated ICAO recommendations support aviation industry restart: IATA ANI | Updated: Mar 13, 2021 10:46 IST
Besides a new mechanism for reporting extended regulatory alleviations, they also include updated or new guidance for testing certificates, Covid-19 risk management including vaccination and its interdependencies, and dangerous goods guidelines for the carriage of cargo on passenger aircraft used in freighter operations. This is a major piece of work by states and aviation stakeholders under the leadership of ICAO and with the full support of the industry, said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA s Director General and CEO. These recommendations, guidelines and tools are only meaningful if they are adopted universally. It is crucial that states implement this guidance, particularly as they plan for the restart of international aviation when borders are able to open, he said.
Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung during an interview with Money FM 89.3 DJ Elliott Danker on March 12, 2021, - The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE, March 13 (The Straits Times/ANN): Bilateral travel corridors for vaccinated travellers from places with low to moderate infection rates may well become a reality in the second half of this year, said Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung.
Stay-home notices and other quarantine measures will kill travel, he said.
Singapore, he added, needs to find ways to get rid of such requirements - a point he also made last week during the debate on his ministry s budget. Nobody is going to come to Singapore and stay for 14 days, he said in an interview yesterday with Money FM 89.3.
The Straits Times
Travel corridors for vaccinated passengers could open in 2nd half of 2021: Ong Ye Kung
Mr Ong noted that the passenger volume at Changi Airport is only at 2.6 per cent of the levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
PublishedMar 12, 2021, 12:17 pm SGT
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