Singapore, India not discussing air travel bubble ‘as Singaporeans understand it to be’: CAAS

Singapore: Singapore is not discussing an air travel bubble arrangement with India as people here understand it to be, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Thursday (Jan 28). 

CAAS was responding to media queries regarding a CNBC interview with India’s High Commissioner to Singapore P Kumaran, where he said negotiations were ongoing for an air travel bubble between the two countries. 

“I think there is a fair amount of interest on both sides to try and enhance the connectivity, which we have enjoyed over the years,” said Mr Kumaran in the interview, which was posted on the CNBC website on Monday. 

There was a proposal to gradually restore such connectivity and a “draft under negotiation”, he said, without elaborating. 

“Countries may have different understanding on what an air travel bubble is,” said CAAS air transport director Daniel Ng. 

“Singapore is not discussing an air travel bubble arrangement with India as Singaporeans understand it to be,” he added.