First VTL flight from Singapore arrives at KLIA

A health officer (L) installs a ribbon to a passenger after disembarking from Singapore Airlines aircraft after it landed in KLIA in Sepang, under the vaccinated travel lane for border crossing passengers in Sepang. - AFP Pic
A health officer (L) installs a ribbon to a passenger after disembarking from Singapore Airlines aircraft after it landed in KLIA in Sepang, under the vaccinated travel lane for border crossing passengers in Sepang. - AFP Pic
By Kalbana Perimbanayagam - November 29, 2021 @ 11:26am

SEPANG: The first flight ferrying travellers using the air Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) from Singapore arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) this morning.

There were 240 passengers on the Singapore Airlines Flight SQ108 which arrived at KLIA about 9am.

The arrival was welcomed with a water salute ceremony.

Meanwhile, it was reported that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and his Singapore counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong, are expected to launch the land VTL today.