A maximum of 200 travellers will be allowed into each city per day
Singapore's Ministry of Transport (MOT) has announced that the air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong will launch on November 22. There will be one flight a day per city with a quota of 200 travellers.
This will be increased to two flights a day from December 7.
It was previously announced that there will be no restrictions on the purpose of travel, and travellers will also be able to roam freely in both destinations, with no need to provide a predetermined itinerary. The air travel bubble agreement also means that visitors between the two cities would not need to go through quarantine or stay-at-home procedures.
However, travellers will be required to produce a negative result from a Covid-19 testing facility recognised by both regions ahead of any travel plans.
MOT added that anyone who has remained in Singapore or Hong Kong in the last 14 consecutive days prior to travelling will be permitted into either city. Work permit or S Pass holders within the construction, marine shipyard or process sectors are excluded, said the ministry.
Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau has said that the agreement means that visitors between the two cities would not need to go through quarantine or stay-at-home procedures, but that travellers will be required to produce a negative result from a Covid-19 testing facility recognised by both regions ahead of any travel plans.
When the arrangement was first announced, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung called it “a small step but a significant one”.
There is a possibility for the air travel bubble to be suspended should the seven-day moving average of daily number of unlinked Covid-19 cases increases to more than five in either city, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said in a press statement. MOT said it will only resume if this average on the last day of the suspension period is five or fewer.
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