Scoot Airlines: Vizag to Singapore sector launched

Scoot Airlines has opened bookings for its flights from Vizag to Singapore. They are scheduled to begin on 29 December 2021.

Till date, Indigo Airlines and SpiceJet Airlines have been operating flights from Visakhpatnam to Singapore. They have been operating non-stop, single stop, and two stop flights from Visakhapatnam International Airport (VTZ) to Changi International Airport, Singapore

(SIN).

Since March 2020, many flights have been cancelled due to the COVID -19 pandemic. While a few international flights have been operated from Visakhapatnam International Airport, under the Vande Bharat Mission (VBM), during the pandemic. Later the Vande Bharat Mission(VBM) flights were operated from Gannavaram Airport in Vijayawada.

The new Scoot Airlines flight is going to run thrice a week from Vizag to Singapore under the Air Transport Bubble Agreement.

India and Singapore have resumed passenger flights from November 29, 2021, under the Air Transport Bubble Agreement. Air India, IndiGo, Singapore Airlines and Vistara Airlines have announced flights between the two countries since the air bubble agreement has been made. They follow the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) Facility guidelines while operating the flights to ensure the safety of the passengers. These guidelines include vaccination certificate checks and COVID-19 tests.

Scoot is a subsidiary airline, owned by Singapore Airlines, which has been operating flights in India since 2016. They have been operating direct non-stop flights between Singapore and Visakhapatnam, as well as Trivandrum.