First flight under expanded Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme to touch down at Changi Airport on Wednesday

The first flight under the expanded quarantine-free travel scheme for travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 will touch down in Singapore on Wednesday, in the next step of Singapore's border reopening. SQ329, which is operated by SIA, is expected to touch down at Changi Airport at 5.55am on Wednesday. It will depart from Amsterdam in the Netherlands at 11.15am local time (5.15pm Singapore time) on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the first Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flight from the United States, SQ23, is expected to depart from New York at Tuesday night local time, and land in Singapore at 5.20am on Thursday. The Netherlands and the United States are among eight countries that the Republic will open up Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTLs) to from Tuesday. The other countries are Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain and Britain. Singapore had earlier opened up VTLs to Germany and Brunei on Sept 8. It will jointly launch VTLs with South Korea on Nov 15.<br/>