The Singapore-Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble (ATB) is set to launch on May 26 barring any deterioration of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in both cities and Singapore is open to more air travel bubbles with other regions, said Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung today (April 26) during a doorstop interview.
Moving forward, Ong said that there are several natural partners that Singapore is open to having air travel bubbles with.
Ong was pointing to Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, China, and Taiwan. These are the few places and so far that there s no evidence suggesting that travelling in to Singapore from these travellers have led to any community cases.
Singapore and Hong Kong will closely monitor the Covid-19 situation from now to the targeted launch date of May 26. - The Straits Times/ANN
SINGAPORE, April 26 (Bernama): Singapore and Hong Kong today agreed to set May 26,2021 as the launch date for their Air Travel Bubble (ATB).
It was originally planned to start in November 2020 but was deferred by both parties due to the worsening Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong.
At a virtual press conference here today, the Singapore Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung said he was happy that Hong Kong got the COVID-19 situation under control.
Ong noted that re-launch date was announced a month prior, among others, to get the industry as well as potential travellers ready and to consider their travel plans.
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A quarantine-free air “travel bubble” between Hong Kong and Singapore is finally slated to get off the ground with a start date of May 26, following setbacks that led to the plan initially being shelved in November last year.
Having been largely shut off from the rest of the world during the pandemic, the two sides have been in talks for months to revive the travel corridor.
In statements and briefings yesterday, they laid out details and requirements for would-be travelers.
Hong Kong said that people must have had two vaccine doses at least 14 days before flying, while there was no such