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Vietnam airlines advised by China to postpone or cancel flights near Taiwan
Updated on Aug 04, 2022 09:52 AM IST
Dinh Viet Thang, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, said that they received an official notice from Chinese authorities asking airlines operating in Asia to avoid flying near the island of Taiwan from 11 am Thursday until Friday.

Singapore cruise industry resumes port calls, will Indians return?
Updated on Jul 11, 2022 08:59 AM IST
Singapore's first port call were to Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas and Resorts World Cruises' Genting Dream which docked at Port Klang in Malaysia and Indonesia's Batam and Bintan islands respectively. Both cruise ships are homeported in Singapore

Singapore wants to keep borders open even if a new variant of Covid-19 emerges
Updated on May 19, 2022 04:03 PM IST
When Omicron hit, Singapore didn’t backtrack on its reopening plans but rather decided to wait and see how things panned out. Noting that response was different versus the Delta outbreak, the island city has learned from its past experiences of dealing with Covid variants

Singapore eases Covid-19 curbs, travel searches for island destination jump up
Updated on Apr 25, 2022 07:37 PM IST
Travel-related searches on Google for Singapore have jumped, particularly from neighbouring Malaysia, as well as Indonesia, India and Australia, as the island destination scraps Covid-19 pandemic travel curbs

Cyprus to lift Covid-19 travel conditions from April 18
Published on Apr 07, 2022 05:53 PM IST
- People who have not been vaccinated, or not completed their booster shots would still need a PCR test or a lateral flow test, the transport ministry said in a statement.
