British Airways begins London-Singapore vaccinated travel lane flights

British Airways announced the start of vaccinated travel lane (VTL) flights between London's Heathrow Airport and Singapore on Wednesday. The airline's first designated VTL flight between the cities landed at 5.11pm at Changi Airport on Wednesday. "Customers must ensure they are fully vaccinated to travel. Children under 12 are exempt but must be accompanied by vaccinated adults," BA said. It added that fully vaccinated visitors who have tested negative for COVID-19 travelling to Singapore from London would no longer need to quarantine for seven days on arrival. Long and short-term pass holders must apply for a Singapore vaccinated travel pass seven days to 30 days before travel, it added. Singaporeans do not need to apply for the pass. Singapore began welcoming more fully vaccinated travellers on Tuesday, after extending its vaccinated travel lane scheme to eight more countries, including the United Kingdom. About 40% of the more than 2,400 people issued vaccinated travel passes to enter Singapore as of Oct 13 are travellers from the UK.<br/>