Singapore Airlines B777-300ER Business Class (VTL flight)

FRANKFURT-SINGAPORE

- Sabine Galas

BACKGROUND On September 8, 2021, Singapore opened its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from Germany, although there are various stringent requirements, detailed below.

The new initiative is called the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) and is a new travel corridor for vaccinated persons, which can be used by both business travellers and holidaymakers to visit Singapore without quarantine restrictions. Germany along with the Sultanate of Brunei were the first countries to be signed up to the VTL, though with the hope that other countries would be included if this pilot project were successful.

The VTL means that the previously mandatory quarantine of at least 14 days upon arrival in the city-state has been waived, and travellers can move freely in Singapore. This is in contrast to the Green Lane for business travellers, which was introduced in November 2020 and discontinued after a few weeks.

The first prerequisite for being able to enter Singapore quarantine-free under the new arrangement is the use of so-called VTL flights. Open only to vaccinated persons, they operated until October 30 by Singapore Airlines (SIA) three times a week from Frankfurt (always on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays) and twice a week from Munich (always on Mondays and Wednesdays). According to SIA, these times will not change during the winter. On Thursdays and Saturdays Lufthansa offers VTL flights from Frankfurt. Travellers from Singapore to Germany are not bound to VTL flights and therefore can currently enter without quarantine if vaccinated, tested or recovered (known as 3G, because in German it is geimpft, getestet, genesen). Booking for these flights is as normal, but the SIA website informs you of the steps you have to take before flying.

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