Hong Kong-Singapore air travel bubble can be launched 'when conditions are right': Ong Ye Kung

SINGAPORE: The launch of an air travel bubble with Hong Kong can be launched “when conditions are right”, said Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung on Friday .

He listed several examples, including COVID-19 testing and placing travellers in a “bubble wrap”, where they are subject to a tight itinerary and placed in restricted premises away from the community. Frontline workers in the aviation and maritime sectors have been"substantially vaccinated", with 85 per cent having received both doses of the vaccine, he said.“For example, an ATB is a combination of identifying safe places and imposing test requirements,” he said.

Changi Airport is now connected to 66 cities around the world, compared to 160 cities pre-pandemic, he added, noting that this is expected to grow to about 80 cities in the coming months. “Our mission this year is not so much to force this sharp recovery of the aviation sector, but to adapt to a new normal, to reopen safely, to build up confidence, to test workable concepts and strengthen the belief that Changi Airport will still be an international air hub post-COVID-19.”Mr Ong also touched on the financial sustainability of Singapore's land transport system.

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