Originally Posted by
wiggy
FWIW with reference to the above the SIN situation changed very rapidly in Feb/March, certainly for flights to/from the UK/Oz..
Start of Feb it was temperature checks in the terminal..that was pretty much it..
8 weeks later no passengers were being allowed off the aircraft, (i.e; transit pax bound for Oz stayed on board), crew, who had to diesembark for flight time limitation reasons, were locked in at airport hotel...
Yes, the UK approach was (and perhaps still is) astonishing.
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Yes, I went to Singapore at just the right time. It was still somewhat busy with tourists but even though it was my first visit I could tell the city was nowhere near what it's normal level would otherwise be, which was in a way, quite nice. I kept an eye on local news and within days of returning home I could see that the situation in Singapore started to go downhill quite rapidly, I was very lucky to get out before long haul cancellations really kicked in and serious disruption started.