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For those who of you who have been eyeing a trip to the U.S. or Canada, this may be good news.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be launching a number of new flights to these two countries, some will operate as Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) services, allowing eligible individuals quarantine-free entry into Singapore.
These flights are seasonal services, and will operate from Dec. 2, 2021 to Feb. 15, 2022.
New Seattle-Vancouver-Singapore VTL service
SIA will introduce a Singapore-Vancouver-Seattle service, which will operate four times a week.
The airline will use a 253-seater Airbus A350-900, which will have 42 business class seats, 24 premium economy class seats, and 187 economy class seats.
You can see the schedule here:
SQ29 will operate twice a week as the designated VTL flights from Seattle and Vancouver to Singapore.
All other flights between Seattle, Vancouver and Singapore are non-VTL flights.
Tickets for the Singapore-Vancouver-Seattle service will be made available for sale from Oct. 12, 2021, at 12pm.
Daily non-stop to San Francisco converted to VTL flight
SIA will also be converting its existing daily non-stop services from San Francisco to Singapore, to designated VTL services from Oct. 20, 2021.
On this route, SIA operates the 161-seat Airbus A350-900 ULR, which has 67 business class seats, 94 premium economy class seats, and no economy class seats.
Tickets for the San Francisco-Singapore flights are already available for sale.
You can see the schedule here:
SQ33 will operate daily as the designated VTL flights from San Francisco to Singapore.
All other flights between San Francisco and Singapore, including the Singapore-Hong Kong-San Francisco services are non-VTL flights.
According to SIA, multi-city itineraries within VTL countries are allowed, if travellers meet the eligibility criteria.
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