Singapore, Malaysia to restart quarantine-free air travel link

Vaccinated passengers can fly between Kuala Lumpur and city-state from Nov. 29

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Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines planes at Singapore's Changi Airport in 2019: The international route between the city-state and Kuala Lumpur was one of the world's busiest before the pandemic. © Reuters

KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to resume quarantine-free air travel between them on Nov. 29, for fully vaccinated passengers, in another step toward reviving their economies.

In a joint statement released Monday, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the move is "timely to progressively resume cross-border travel between both countries, in a safe manner." The neighbors are among Asia's most vaccinated countries.

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