India-Singapore flights restart less than ‘Vaccinated Travel Lane’ amid Omicron scare

Vaccinated Journey Lane (VTL) permits quarantine-totally free travel to Singapore for fully vaccinated travellers.

Each Vistara and IndiGo verified that they have commenced operating flights to Singapore. On the other hand, Air India did not comment on no matter whether it operated a flight to Singapore.

Vistara mentioned there is no transform as of now in its Singapore functions as its initial flight to the nation under VTL took off at 1:50 am on Monday, an airline spokesperson knowledgeable. Even so, the circumstance is being reviewed and a selection will be taken accordingly, the spokesperson extra.

“We can affirm that we are working our flight on Chennai-Singapore as per routine,” an IndiGo spokesperson claimed.

Final week, Singapore Airways also announced that flights to and from India will resume from November 29. There was no instant comment from the airline on Monday regarding the products and services.

Various international locations have imposed vacation curbs in the wake of the emergence of the new COVID variant ‘Omicron’. India way too will evaluation its final decision to resume scheduled worldwide passenger flights from December 15 on the foundation of the evolving state of affairs.

Previously this thirty day period, Singapore and India agreed on resuming scheduled commercial flights amongst the two nations beneath the VTL from November 29, with 6 designated flights day-to-day from Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai.

Vistara, previous 7 days, claimed it would function Airbus A320neo/A321neo planes five times a 7 days concerning India and Singapore starting up from November 29.

Meanwhile, Singapore has deferred VTL arrangements with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as a “precautionary transfer” to decrease the danger of importation and spread of Omicron.

VTLs for these a few nations, at first scheduled to start from December 6, will now be deferred “right up until even further observe”, Singapore’s Ministry of Health and fitness (MOH) stated on Sunday.