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Cruises to nowhere: Singapore looks to resume leisure travel amid coronavirus pandemic
- Singapore’s tourism board is working on a health and safety framework for cruise lines, which have been banned from docking since March
- Singapore Airlines this week scrapped plans for ‘flights to nowhere’ and will instead offer meals on its Airbus A380 superjumbo
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Singapore is reportedly planning to allow so-called cruises to nowhere in what could be among the first of its measures to reopen leisure travel.
The country’s tourism board appointed Norway-based risk management company DNV GL AS to create a health and safety framework for cruise lines that want to resume trips from Singapore, The Straits Times reported, citing tender documents related to the plan.
The company will also develop a certification programme and a framework for non-compliance with safety measures, the paper said.
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The move could give some relief to cruise operators as the city state has halted dock-ins since March following the global outbreak of Covid-19.
Earlier this week, Singapore Airlines scrapped a similar plan to operate short flights to nowhere following environmental concerns and instead will open one of its Airbus A380 superjumbos as a temporary restaurant.
Cruises to nowhere will be allowed with a maximum occupation of 50 per cent of a ship’s original capacity for the first three months.
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