Airfares soar for Malaysia-Singapore VTL due to high demand during Chinese New Year


Soaring demand for the limited VTL flights between Malaysia and Singapore during the CNY period has driven up the price of air tickets. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (The Straits Times/ANN): Malaysian Joseph Soosai and his sister were looking forward to attending their niece's wedding in Singapore on Feb 5, but the high airfares under a quarantine-free travel scheme and the costs associated with numerous Covid-19 tests put paid to their plans.

Soosai, 69, said he would have had to fork out RM1,600 (S$515) each for a return vaccinated travel lane (VTL) flight on either Malaysia Airlines (MAS) or Singapore Airlines (SIA).

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