Hong Kong/Singapore, 15th October: Last week, the Hong Kong and Singapore governments reached an in-principle agreement to establish a “bilateral Air Travel Bubble (ATB), providing a safe and progressive way for reviving cross-border air travel between the two aviation hubs.” The specific launch date and other essential details have yet to be announced.

The key features of the ATB include:

a)      No restrictions on the purpose of travel;

b)     Travellers will be subject to mutually recognised COVID-19 tests and need to have negative test results;

c)      Travellers will not be subject to any quarantine or “Stay-Home Notice” requirements, and there are no controls on the traveller’s itinerary;

d)     Travellers will be required to travel on dedicated flights. In other words, these flights will only serve ATB travellers and no transit passengers or non-ATB travellers will be allowed on board;

e) The ATB traveller numbers can be increased by adjusting the number of dedicated flights upwards or downwards, or even suspended, in-line with the latest COVID-19 developments in the two cities.