Utilisation Rate of Vaccinated Travel Lane Flights and Plans to Increase Number of Designated Flights

Ms Mariam Jaafar asked the Minister for Transport (a) what has been the utilisation rate of Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flights since the start of the revised VTL requirements; and (b) what is the plan for increasing the number of designated flights.

Mr S Iswaran: Currently, there are on average 10 daily Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flights from the 10 VTL countries we are already opened to. The current average load factor of these VTL flights is about 45%.

Based on the airlines’ booking data, we expect the load factors to increase towards the end of the year. We are monitoring the demand and will make further adjustments if needed.