SINGAPORE, 29 November 2021 - AirAsia today announced exciting news as the inaugural flight to Malaysia via the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) took off today, with many exciting promotions and deals awaiting guests travelling across the bay.  

The inaugural flight departed Changi Airport at 1145hr today with 157 guests on an Airbus A320 neo aircraft. Guests onboard AK710 were sent-off by Logan Velaitham, AirAsia Singapore CEO. 

Riad Asmat, AirAsia Malaysia CEO said, “AirAsia would like to thank both governments of Singapore and Malaysia for paving the way for full travel resumption between one of the busiest shuttle routes in the world - Singapore Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 with the commencement of the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL).

As border restrictions are lifted, AirAsia wishes to assure its guests of the stringent health and safety protocols enforced on all of our flights with our highly trained and fully vaccinated crew continuing to deliver the world’s best service during the pandemic. We have prepared extensively to ensure all of our guests could travel safely and seamlessly with peace of mind.”

Fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore who wish to travel to Malaysia must meet the requirements set by the Malaysia Government prior to purchasing their flights and upon arrival. 

Guests can book their flights to Kuala Lumpur from just SGD69 one way and travel between now and 26 March 2022 through the ‘Flights’ icon on the airasia Super App. Guests can secure great value flights+hotel deals through the ‘SNAP’ icon on the Super App with savings up to 30% off. Those who prefer to book their hotels separately may check the ‘Hotels’ icon in the app and get an extra 10% off with the promo code AAHOTEL10. Guests can also book their rides to and fro klia2 from just SGS18 by using airasia ride, by clicking on the ‘Ride’ icon on the airasia Super App. 

AirAsia has spent the period of downtime in flights over the past 18 months to further enhance and revamp its flight procedures and processes. In the highest interest of safety and wellbeing of all its guests and employees, only fully-vaccinated cabin crew and ground staff will operate flights and be on-duty at airport terminals. Furthermore, AirAsia assures the highest safety standards are in place as part of its robust Covid-19 mitigation plan including by accepting only fully-vaccinated guests onboard, making it mandatory to check-in via the airasia Super App, and rolling out the FACES facial recognition boarding system that will make the entire travel journey fully digital and contactless.

Despite the flight hibernation for a good part of the past 18 months, all AirAsia’s aircraft are properly maintained according to procedures set by the manufacturer. AirAsia has set up an in-house maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) unit called Asia Digital Engineering that provides services not only to AirAsia but also other airlines. Moreover, all its pilots and cabin crew are regularly trained for mandatory refresher courses and ongoing retraining so that they are on top of their job.

For travel requirements under the VTL to Singapore please click here. Travellers coming into Malaysia need to register at mysafetravel.gov.my before any booking is made.

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