SIA and Scoot see high demand for Singapore-KL VTL flights; tickets sold out for some flights

Travellers scrambled to book seats on quarantine-free flights between Singapore and Malaysia on the first day of such bookings, with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its budget arm Scoot reporting high demand. An SIA spokesman said that bookings for its vaccinated travel lane (VTL) flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur were opened at 10am on Friday and by about 11.20am, several flights were sold out. It did not disclose specific figures as it said the information is commercially sensitive. Seats on the flights were also taken by customers with existing bookings made directly with SIA for travel from Nov 29 to March 26 next year. Such rebookings may have resulted in VTL flights on certain dates being unavailable on its booking system, said the spokesman. The airline said it will e-mail customers when they are rebooked on VTL flights.<br/>