More airlines receive approval to transit passengers at Changi

Several more airlines have received approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore to stop over at Changi Airport with passengers who are en route to other destinations. At least three airlines - Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines and Garuda Indonesia - resumed ferrying transit passengers this month. On its website, Singapore Airlines says it has agreements with Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to let their customers transit through Changi from approved cities to destinations that SIA and SilkAir fly to. The move marks another small step forward in reviving the Republic's air hub, which has been battered by travel restrictions amid the Covid-19 pandemic. While Singapore has reopened its borders to transit passenger traffic since June last year, only the three airlines under the SIA Group were allowed to ferry such passengers until end-November last year. Local budget carrier Jetstar Asia received approval to resume flying in transit passengers in December.<br/>