HK travel bubble to help Singapore aviation take off when time's right

Singapore

SINGAPORE'S air travel bubble with Hong Kong is unlikely to make an impact on the tourism sector for now, but the significance of the arrangement is in getting Singapore ready to quickly start its air hub positioning when all the "chess pieces" are in place.

Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung announced at the media conference on Wednesday the launch of the travel bubble on Nov 22. He said this may start small but it is an important step forward. He added that if Singapore is able to demonstrate safe travel with its partners, "we can strengthen and entrench our aviation hub status".

For those countries that have not reciprocated Singapore's reopening of borders, he thinks it i…

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