Singapore – Malaysia Vaccinated Travel Lane Air Travel from 29 November

During a telephone conversation on 8 November 2021 between Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, they both agreed that it is timely to progressively resume cross-border travel between both countries, in a safe manner. The two countries will launch a Vaccinated Travel Lane between Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport from 29 November 2021.

Under the Vaccinated Travel Lane, fully vaccinated travellers are able to travel between the two countries subject to COVID-19 tests in lieu of serving quarantine or Stay-Home Notice. Applications for a pass for the VTL to enter Singapore opens to fully vaccinated long-term pass holders and short-term visitors on 22 November 2021 at 10 am.

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Singapore citizens, permanent residents and children under 12 years old are not required to apply.  More details on the VTL requirements into Singapore can be found at https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg. 

Travellers coming to Singapore have to test negative for Covid-19 two days prior to departure for Singapore as well. Upon arrival in Singapore, they are required to self-isolate and wait for up to 24 hours for the results from the Covid-19 Polymerase Chain reaction swab test conducted on arrival at Changi Airport.

Airlines flying Vaccinated Travel Lane flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur

Six airlines will be operating VTL flights between the two countries from 29 November 2021. They include AirAsia, Jetstar Asia, Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Air, Scoot and Singapore Airlines.

Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines announced on 18 November that they will reactivate their codeshare arrangements between Singapore And Kuala Lumpur. They will expand their codeshare arrangement to include 15 domestic points in Malaysia, seven destinations in Europe and two cities in South Africa.

The 15 new codeshare destinations in Malaysia include Alor Setar, Bintulu, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Kuching, Labuan, Langkawi, Miri, Penang, Sandakan, Sibu and Tawau. These flights are open for booking from 10am on 19 November 2021. The flights will be indicated as VTL flights on Singapore Airlines website progressively.

SIA customers who have made existing bookings directly with SIA for direct flights from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur to Singapore from 29 November 2021 onwards will have the flights proactively re-booked onto new VTL flights subject to availability.

SIA Singapore – Kuala Lumpur VTL Flight Schedules from 29 November 2021 to 26 March 2022

SIA Singapore – Kuala Lumpur Non-VTL Flight Schedules from 29 November 2021 to 26 March 2022

From 1 January 2022, Malaysia Airlines customers will be able to connect on SIA’s flights from Singapore to Barcelona, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Moscow, Munich, Rome, Zurich, Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Scoot will also be operating VTL flights TR472 and TR473 four times weekly from 29 November 2021.

Scoot Singapore – Kuala Lumpur VTL Flight Schedules from 29 November 2021 to 26 March 2022

Scoot Singapore – Kuala Lumpur Non VTL Flight Schedules from 2 December 2021 to 26 March 2022

Malaysia Airlines Singapore – Kuala Lumpur VTL Flight Schedules from 29 November 2021 to 26 March 2022

Malaysia Airlines Singapore – Kuala Lumpur VTL and Non-VTL Flight Schedules from 1 January 2022 – 26 March 2022

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Jetstar Asia Singapore – Kuala Lumpur VTL Flight Schedules from 29 November 2021 to 26 March 2022

Jetstar Asia has allocated seven of its 15 weekly return services between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to be designated VTL flights. Book a Jetstar Asia (3K) flight on jetstar.com before 31 December 2021 for travel before 30 June 2023 and get one ‘fee free’ date change as part of Jetstar’s Fly Flexible policy.

Jetstar Asia Singapore – Kuala Lumpur Non VTL Flight Schedules from 29 November 2021 to 26 March 2022

AirAsia Singapore – Kuala Lumpur VTL Flight Schedules from 29 November 2021 to 26 March 2022

AirAsia will operate a 7 times weekly flight schedule from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. More routes from other cities will be added and frequencies increased accordingly as travel demand grows in line with the reopening of more leisure destinations in the near future.

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