Explainer | Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble: All you need to know about flights, tests and costs
- From November 22, Singapore and Hong Kong will launch quarantine-free travel on Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific
- From designated flights, to the number and cost of tests, and forms to be filled out, here’s all you need to know
When will the travel bubble start?
Quarantine-free travel on designated flights between both air hubs begins on Sunday, November 22, with Singapore Airlines operating one flight (SQ890) to Hong Kong and Cathay Pacific operating one flight (CX759) to Singapore that day.
From November 23 to 29, Singapore Airlines will operate SQ890 and SQ891 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and Cathay Pacific will do so for CX734 and CX759 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
For the week of November 30 to December 6, Singapore Airlines will have flights on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, while Cathay will have flights on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
From December 7 onwards, there will be daily flights by both airlines.
The daily quota of passengers travelling each way will be 200 from November 22 to December 6. From December 7 onwards, this will be doubled to 400 passengers.