SQ adds SFO, YVR, SEA

SingAPore Airlines has added San Francisco to its global Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) network, with daily non-stop services designated as quarantine free effective from 20 Oct.

The carrier has also announced the launch of seasonal services to Vancouver and Seattle, with the triangular route to operate four times weekly over the ski season from 02 Dec-15 Feb 2022.

Two of the weekly SeattleVancouver-Singapore flights will operate as VTL services, giving eligible customers quarantinefree entry into Singapore.

The route will utilise SQ’s 253seat Airbus A350-900.

The addition of SFO, SEA and YVR will expand the SIA Group’s VTL network to 17 cities, including Berlin which will see sister carrier Scoot begin operating the quarantine-free services effective from 20 Oct.

The rollout of the VTL initiative begins in earnest next week, with the launch of quarantinefree flights to Singapore from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris and Rome effective 19 Oct.

Seoul will be added to the network from 16 Nov, with the additions on top of existing VTL flights from Bandar Seri Begawan, Frankfurt and Munich.

Customers travelling on the VTL flights can also enjoy “fuss free transfers” via Singapore Changi Airport to 59 destinations across the SIA Group network, the carrier said.

Tickets for the new SingaporeSeattle-Vancouver flights are now available for booking.

SQ spokesperson JoAnn Tan said the carrier would continue to monitor demand for air travel and “adjust its services accordingly”.