{"id":18695,"date":"2022-03-05T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=18695"},"modified":"2022-03-05T19:16:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T13:46:40","slug":"singapore-airlines-airbus-a380-will-be-coming-back-to-india-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/05\/singapore-airlines-airbus-a380-will-be-coming-back-to-india-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 will be coming back to India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Singaporean super jumbo is finally returning to India. Singapore Airlines yesterday declared it will start operating A380 flights to India from March 14th. For currently, Mumbai will be the only Indian city to get the Giant of the Skies, but Delhi is anticipated to follow soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Singapore Airlines now operates a daily Airbus A350 service to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM), along with a bi-weekly service operating the same aircraft type. As per the new program, daily flights will be replaced by the Airbus A380, while the A350-900s will keep working the twice-a-week schedule.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sy Yen Chen, General Manager of Singapore Airlines for India, said,<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are thrilled to be able to bring our iconic superjumbo back to India. We are optimistic that this will inspire even more confidence for international travel to and from India.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aviation industry is a significant contributor to Singapore\u2019s economy. According to data from Statista, the industry was directly responsible for approximately 4% of the South Asian country\u2019s GDP in 2019. But the pandemic had single-handedly brought almost all of the international travel to a stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Singapore government has long had bilateral travel bubble arrangements with many countries to make travel for vaccinated passengers easier and stimulate recovery. SIA has now decided to gradually bring all its flights to India under the Vaccinated Travel Lane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes flights to Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, and Kolkata, among others.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Singapore\u2019s decision to expand its VTL <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSingapore\u2019s decision to expand its VTL arrangement to cover all points across India will be a welcome development for all our customers. We restart to see strong need across India from customers who are waiting to enjoy convenient and quarantine-free tip to Singapore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that vaccinated passengers traveling between the two countries will now be exempt from mandatory quarantine rules on arrival. However, individuals looking to enter Singapore will have to apply for a Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) before the visa application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G B Sridhar, Singapore Tourism Board\u2019s Regional Director for IMESA (India, Middle East, and South Asia), told in a report,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe extension of VTL to Singapore <\/a>from all Indian cities provides the much-needed impetus to tbetween the countries for all traveler types, whether for leisure, business, or cruise. This is part of Singapore\u2019s calibrated and progressive approach in re-satrt our borders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This isn\u2019t the first time the Singaporean flag carrier has made plans to bring A380 flights back to India. As source said in December last year, SIA initially planned the A380\u2019s back to the largest democracy in January this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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