China News Service, Hong Kong, April 26 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The governments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Singapore announced on the 26th that exclusive flights under the bilateral "air tourism bubble" agreement will set sail on May 26. The Hong Kong Tourism Board and The Singapore Tourism Board and Hong Kong Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines, which are in charge of dedicated flights, all welcomed the flight. The flight will be carried out by fully vaccinated pilots and cabin attendants.
Cathay Pacific said that the past year has not been easy for the travel industry. Cathay Pacific believes that safe and secure travel bubble flight arrangements will become the best example of Hong Kong's future development of similar travel bubbles with more popular tourist cities.
Cathay Pacific revealed that the first Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong will depart on May 26, and the first Cathay Pacific flight from Singapore will depart on May 27.
"Air Travel Bubble" flights will be performed by fully vaccinated pilots and cabin attendants.
The reporter saw on Cathay Pacific’s official website that Cathay Pacific had flights departing from Hong Kong and Singapore on May 27 and 29, and June 1, 3, 5, 6, and 8.
Starting from June 10th, Cathay Pacific Airways will operate "Air Travel Bubble" flights to and from Singapore once a day.
A spokesperson for Singapore Airlines said that Singapore Airlines believes that the resumption of customs clearance is an important milestone in post-epidemic reconstruction. Cooperating with the established procedures will help build confidence in safe international aviation travel.
Singapore Airlines supports the appropriate opening of flight services between Singapore and Hong Kong's two aviation hubs under safe conditions, and will continue to adjust the carrying capacity flexibly and flexibly according to passenger transport needs.
On the same day, Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) Chairman Pang Yaojia also said that he welcomes the agreement between the SAR government and Singapore to restart the bilateral "air tourism bubble". This represents Hong Kong's first step towards international tourism. The tourism industry can also take advantage of this. This warm-up prepares for the gradual return of more tourists to Hong Kong later.
The Singapore Tourism Board stated that it is eagerly looking forward to the visit of tourists from Hong Kong to Singapore, and pointed out that the local area has entered the third phase of unblocking since the end of last year. Measures include increasing the maximum number of parties from 5 to 8 people. So far, there are 46 attractions and 277 in total. Two hotels and more than 2,100 tour groups have been approved to resume.
The maximum number of visitors at attractions approved to resume operations has also been increased from 50% to 65%, and the number of hours for guided tours is unlimited.
The maximum number of participants for local conferences, incentive tours, large-scale conferences and exhibitions has also been increased from 250 to a maximum of 750.
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