Among suspicions over a rise in Omicron variant of coronavirus, Singapore on Wednesday announced it will put a hold on fresh ticket sales for flights and buses under its program for quarantine-free travel into the city-state from December 23 to January 20. Beneath the vaccinated travel path program, Singapore facilitates quarantine-free entry from some nations to fully vaccinated tourists, who also have to do conventional testing. “With impact from 22 December 2021, 2359hrs (SGT), there will be no recent ticket sales for appointed VTL (Air) flights for access into Singapore from all VTL nations until 20 January 2022, 2359hrs (SGT),” Immigration and Checkpoints Authority declared. Visitors who have secured a ticket on a VTL (Air) flight before or on December 22 will proceed to be permitted to arrive in Singapore, provided they convene all VTL (Air) situations. Visitors arriving in Singapore under the VTL scheme do not have to fulfill a stay-home notice. Rather, they have to test negative for COVID-19 two days before departure for Singapore, as well as upon coming. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) declared the VTL development on November 15.
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Singapore has arranged these lanes for about two dozen countries, comprising Australia, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Responding to the current rules, Indian carriers announced that they will have to modify their schedule to acknowledge the guidelines. To comply with the protocols we will have to make modifications to our schedule, they asserted. Air India and Vistara are two Indian airlines that regulate commercial passenger flights between Singapore and India. Initially this month, India had eliminated Singapore from its list of “at-risk” nations, and travelers coming from there need not take extra measures on arrival encompassing post-arrival testing for Covid-19 particularly the modern Omicron variant. India also declared that it will maintain its prohibition on anticipated international passenger flights till January 31 in the wake of the rising risk from the Omicron variant.
