‘Smooth and seamless’ process for first passengers under vaccinated travel lane from Germany to Singapore

SINGAPORE: It was a “smooth and seamless” process travelling from Germany to Singapore under the new quarantine-free travel arrangement, said passengers who arrived on the first two designated flights.for Germany, passengers who are fully vaccinated need not serve a stay-home notice in Singapore. But they will have to take four COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction tests – a pre-departure swab, an on-arrival test at Changi Airport and two post-arrival tests.

“I was jumping around, I was like sending voice messages, just screaming in my phone ‘I don't have to do quarantine’, super happy."“Actually I was a bit scared that they won’t approve it, but I think it's an automatic system because straight at midnight on Sep 1 I applied for it, and one minute afterwards I had approval already in my email,” said Ms Klewer, who has been based in Singapore since 2017.

The second designated flight under the vaccinated travel lane arrived in Singapore from Munich at about 8am on Thursday. “And to go to a place that’s completely different, it’s very refreshing from a mental health perspective. Just to be reminded that yes, there’s still a bigger world out there that we can go exploring.”

The 33-year-old flew business class on his return flight. Course-by-course dining was allowed on the flight, since all passengers and staff were vaccinated, he noted.“You’ll go down to the arrival hall … The queues were pretty slow-moving, slower than usual for Singapore. Again I think it’s because the VTL is still new so there’s a lot of document verification.”

Individuals arriving on the designated flights can self-isolate in a hotel or at home if they have their own toilet, until they receive a negative PCR test result. “Christmas is a very big family thing for Europeans, and last year I couldn't go back because of the whole situation … It was really bad in Germany with lockdown, even my family in Germany, they couldn't meet,” Ms Klewer said.

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