Hong Kong, Singapore to launch air travel bubble from May 26

Singapore and Hong Kong on Monday agreed to set May 26 as the launch date of the air travel bubble after the pandemic situation eased in the two major global aviation and financial hubs, months after calling off a similar agreement that would ease travel restrictions.

They reviewed the arrangements and made several improvements to the agreement, including stricter conditions for the resumption of the travel bubble, should it be suspended due to new Covid-19 community clusters in either city, Singapore’s Ministry of Transport said.

The travel bubble was originally scheduled to begin in November last year, but was deferred due to a spike in infections in Hong Kong.