IndiGo resumes flights between India and Singapore under air-bubble agreement
Interglobe Aviation-Run Indigo Airline on November 24 announced the resumption of flights between Singapore and India, after the two countries made an agreement to operate air flights under air bubbles.
Singapore has reached an agreement with the Indian Civil Service Ministry of returning scheduled commercial passenger flights.
As part of the air bubble agreement, Indigo will operate flights from November 29 with a total of 3,618 seats per week, the airline said in a press release.
According to the Ministry of Sipi’s website, “‘transport bubbles’ or ‘air travel arrangements’ are a temporary arrangement between the two countries aimed at restarting commercial passenger services when regular international flights are suspended as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. They are long reciprocal, which Means airlines from both countries enjoy similar benefits. “Other countries with India have similar agreements including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Canada, France, Germany and Kenya.
Out of indigo allotment of 3,618 seats, 1,624 seats will be operated on the route Chennai – Singapore under a vaccinated travel route and the remaining capacity will be used in non-VTL conditions for travel to and from Singapore.
Application for vaccinated travel operans for short-term visitors and long-term passers from India will begin on November 29.
“Because we ended up from Pandemi, we are happy to continue flights to Singapore under the air bubble agreement. International connectivity under air bubble settings has helped slowly bring back international travel requests. This situation improved quickly, and we hope This will help Indians and Singapore to travel with convenience for various purposes, “said Indigo Ronojoy Dutta CEO.
