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Singapore residents and visitors leaving the country will be able to clear checkpoints without having to use their passports from 2024.

Flights were delayed at Singapore’s Changi Airport on March 31 due to issues with the immigration clearance system.

Passenger traffic at Singapore’s Changi Airport should return to pre-pandemic levels by 2024, or possibly earlier, said Transport Minister S. Iswaran.

The Singaporean Ministry of Health said on December 30 that the city-state is ready to step up border health measures if needed and that it is closely watching the global COVID-19 situation.

Singaporean authorities on October 4 seized 20 pieces of rhino horns that were being smuggled through Singapore Changi Airport.

Singapore’s Changi Airport is taking the lead in the recovery of air travel within the Asia-Pacific region, said Minister for Transport S. Iswaran.

Singapore’s Changi Airport was crowned the world’s best aerodrome for 15 years straight before COVID-19 due to its superior traveller offerings and hi-tech customer services. Now it is ready to welcome back visitors en masse, hoping improvements made during the pandemic will cement its status as Asia’s premier aviation hub.

Changi Airport of Singapore is ready to welcome more passengers with a hope to recover the number recorded in the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level, as travel restrictions and safety measures are eased.

Singapore has stopped stamping on passports on foreign visitors and, in replace, issued electronic visit passes (e-Passes) for them via email, according to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA).

Singapore's Changi Airport Group (CAG) recently conducted a survey with tourists traveling through Changi Airport. Survey results show that up to 90% of the respondents said they are ready to visit Vietnam as soon as travel restrictions are lifted.

Vaccinated travellers will be able to take flights between Singapore’s Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport of Malaysia without quarantine from November 29.

The first flight carrying 100 passengers from Germany travelling under a quarantine-free scheme landed at Changi Airport in Singapore on September 8.

Singapore will further tighten its COVID-19 measures from May 16 to June 13 as it sought to control an increase in untraceable infections.

Southeast Asian countries continued to record an increasing number of new COVID-19 cases on May 13.

All Changi Airport passenger terminal buildings and Jewel Changi in Singapore will be closed for two weeks to all members of the public from May 13, amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases linked to the airport.

A new bill introduced on April 5 is expected to pave the way for the Singaporean Government to pay for major national infrastructure projects through borrowing.

Singapore will accept the International Air Transport Association (IATA)’s mobile travel pass for pre-departure checks, becoming one of the first countries to adopt the initiative, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said on April 5.

Singapore is stepping up measures to ensure safety once its border is reopened, including the establishment of a COVID-19 testing lab at Changi airport.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) will collaborate to create common standards so as to promote safe air travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Singapore will gradually allow travellers to transit through its Changi Airport from June 2, as the country is preparing to ease some COVID-19 restrictions and reopen its borders, announced the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on May 20.