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9 Covid bursts our air travel bubble
Travel plans have been heavily affected this year as a result of Covid, not to mention the loss of Cathay Dragon, which further put a dampener on our hopes of travelling. Our hopes had been high when we first heard talk of a proposed travel bubble between Hong Kong and 11 countries, including Japan, only for the bubble to drift away into nothingness.
When the news broke of an air travel bubble opening up between Singapore and Hong Kong, it gave many wanderlust enthusiasts a glimmer of hope. Launching the air travel bubble meant that Hong Kong and Singaporean residents would be able to travel between the two countries after being subjected to a series of Covid-19 tests as safety measures.
However, once again, Covid-19 burst yet another bubble with a fourth wave of confirmed cases, and authorities in both cities decided to defer the plan to 2021, preventing the bubble from ever taking off. Oh well, suppose we’ll still have flights to nowhere, right? Just be sure to snap up the tickets fast, since the first round sold out in less than an hour.