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Travelers who were scheduled to catch the inaugural flight between Singapore and Hong Kong under the air travel bubble deal on Sunday were disappointed after the bubble was postponed on Saturday (November 21).
The travel bubble was scheduled to begin on Sunday, with one flight leaving each city per day, with a maximum capacity of 200 people per flight.
Among the travelers was Aaron Wong, 32, who founded the frequent flier website Milelion. He said he was going to review the travel bubble arrangements, spend three nights in Hong Kong, and review the experience. He booked three separate hotels for that purpose.
Mr Wong, whose last trip was to Kuala Lumpur at the end of February, said: “I’m someone who really loves to fly, me (I tried the Singapore Airlines food experiences and tour), but of course nothing better that the real and the travel bubble was supposed to be that. “
His travel companion, Mr. Hendric Tay, founder of the travel blog The Travel Intern, was also scheduled to fly to Hong Kong on Sunday.
His 24-day trip was meant to be an experience for the travel bubble and to find out more about the terrain situation in the city for his blog. He was also planning to meet friends who lived in the territory.
The 33-year-old said: “I am quite disappointed, especially as in the last few days I had the feeling that it could be canceled, then this morning (the news broke) that it was not going to be canceled.
“But around five in the afternoon they announced that it was going to be (postponed), so it was like a roller coaster of emotions.”
Tay’s colleagues were supposed to meet him in Hong Kong for a week in December to write about the travel experience and the situation in Hong Kong.
Alvin Liu, 41, who is based in Hong Kong but returned to Singapore in late September after his mother was hospitalized, was due to return to the territory, where his family resides, on November 30.
That will now have to wait another two weeks.
This is because many travelers who, like him, have had their plans deferred, would also be struggling to secure a flight.
Additional reporting by Claire Huang
This article was first published in The times of the strait. Permission is required for reproduction.
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