Singapore-Malaysia travel lane to commence with six daily flights

There will be six flights a day — operated by six carriers — between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur under the quarantine-free Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme. Providing details on the much-anticipated border reopening between the two neighbouring countries, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) says the first flight under the VTL arrangement will commence on 29 November. Under the VTL scheme, fully-vaccinated travellers do not need to serve quarantine upon arrival. They will, however, be required to test before departure and after arrival, and must travel on designated flights. Six carriers from both countries have been allocated one daily VTL flight each. They are: Singapore Airlines, Scoot, Jetstar Asia, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, as well as Malindo Air. SIA, in a separate statement, says it will be operating 10 weekly flights with its Airbus A350s, while its low-cost unit Scoot will fly four times a week between the two cities with its Boeing 787s. Malaysia Airlines, meanwhile, will operate daily flights with its Airbus A330 aircraft, a significant uplift in capacity compared to the Boeing 737-800s that it usually operated in pre-pandemic times. <br/>