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Singapore reveals air travel bubble negotiations with Australia
March 15th 2021
Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, said yesterday he was hopeful international travel would restart by year-end as more people received the coronavirus vaccine. Read More » “I hope that if many countries can have substantial proportions of their populations vaccinated by later this year, we will have the confidence and the systems to open our international borders to travel safely again,” Lee told the BBC. Lee's comments followed confirmation Australia and Singapore were working to establish an air travel bubble to allow quarantine-free travel for those vaccinated for COVID-19. "Singapore is in discussions with Australia about mutual recognition of vaccination certificates and resumption of travel, with priority for students and business travellers," Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. "We also are considering the possibility of an air travel bubble for residents of Singapore and Australia to travel between both countries without quarantine," Australia's Deputy Prime Minister, Michael McCormack, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation yesterday. The air travel bubble could potentially begin in July.
