Hong Kong bans Scoot flights from Singapore until April 29


An aircraft operated by Scoot Tigerair Pte, a unit of Singapore Airlines Ltd, stands at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore, on March 17,2020. - Bloomberg

HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Hong Kong will prohibit flights by Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s budget carrier Scoot traveling from Singapore after two passengers were confirmed to have Covid-19 on arrival.

The passengers were on Flight TR980 from Singapore to Hong Kong on April 11, according to a statement Thursday (April 15) from the Department of Health. All Scoot passenger flights from Singapore will be prohibited from landing in Hong Kong from April 16 to 29, it said.

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