New ticket sales for VTL flights and buses for travel into Singapore frozen from Dec 23 to Jan 20

The move comes as the number of imported cases hit a new high since the emergence of the Omicron variant. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Airlines will no longer be allowed to sell new Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flight tickets from Thursday (Dec 23) till Jan 20, as Singapore tightens its borders amid a rising number of imported Covid-19 cases.

The suspension of sales also apply to those travelling on the Singapore-Malaysia land VTL.