Air Asia Group Berhad, Malaysia based low cost carrier, has announced on Monday (August 3) that Air Asia is setting up to resume the operation of passenger flights between Malaysia and Singapore, subject to further approval from the authorities in the both countries.

The airline said in its press release, “These will be subject to further announcements by the Singapore and Malaysia governments and come as the airline is gearing up for the resumption of flights between the two countries.”

The airline Air Asia will resume daily flights between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Weekly flights will also be resumed between Singapore and Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Ipoh and Penang as well. These flights are scheduled for the third week of August subject to further announcements by the both governments.

The decision of flights resumption came up in a bid to implement the Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) program starting from August 17. Under the RGL program, travelers will be allowed to travel for official work and short term essential business purposes between Malaysia and Singapore via land and air links. They will also be allowed to stay up to 14 days in respective country.

The RGL program requires qualified travelers to comply with current COVID-19 prevention and public health measures mutually agreed between the two countries, including conducting polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab tests.

The carrier is also planning to resume flight operations on routes to other international destinations. “We look forward to the formation of more ‘travel bubbles’ and ‘green lanes’ between countries with low infection rates or active cases, and proven pandemic-curbing systems,” said Mr. Tony Fernandes, chief executive officer of Air Asia group.